[Grammar] infinitive+adjective

[vedinfo1]

The beggar whom we had suspected to be guilty turned out to be innocent. / The beggar whom we had suspected guilty turned out innocent. What is the difference in meaning?

 

[TheParser]

The beggar whom we had suspected to be guilty turned out to be innocent. / The beggar whom we had suspected guilty turned out innocent. What is the difference in meaning?

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(1) For easier analysis, may I simplify your sentence? Let's delete (erase) the adjective (relative) clause. So we have two sentences:

(a) The beggar turned out to be innocent.

(b) The beggar turned out innocent.

(2) I found an interesting article on the Web taken from the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary:

(a) The job turned out to be harder than we thought. "Turn out to be" = to prove to be.

(b) If the day turns out wet, we may have to change our plans. = "Turn out" = to develop or end in a particular way.

(3) Therefore, it is only my opinion that it might be better to say:

The beggar whom we had suspected to be guilty turned out to be innocent.

EDIT: Many thanks to the moderator for pointing out my mistake.

 

[bhaisahab]

NOT A TEACHER


(1) For easier analysis, may I simplify your sentence? Let's delete (erase) the adjective (relative) clause. So we have two sentences:

(a) The beggar turned out to be innocent.

(b) The beggar turned out innocent.

(2) I found an interesting article on the Web taken from the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary:

(a) The job turned out to be harder than we thought. "Turn out to be" = to prove to be.

(b) If the day turns out wet, we may have to change our plans. = "Turn out" = to develop or end in a particular way.

(3) Therefore, it is only my opinion that it might be better to say:

The beggar whom we had suspected to be guilty turned out to be guilty.

Not if he was innocent.