[Grammar] To suspect

[Will17]

Hello!

I can't find a really clear answer....

What's the right structure that goes with "to suspect"? :

-To suspect someone to do something

-To suspect someone to have done something

-To suspect someone has done something

-To suspect someone of having done something

Thank you very much for your help.

Will

 

[Rover_KE]

To suspect someone of having done something

is correct.

Rover

 

[Allen165]

NOT A TEACHER.

So is "I suspect he committed the crime." Without context, though, that sentence could mean either that you doubt he committed the crime or that you believe he did.

 

[freezeframe]

NOT A TEACHER.

So is "I suspect he committed the crime." Without context, though, that sentence could mean either that you doubt he committed the crime or that you believe he did.

No. It means that I think he might have committed the crime. The word you're thinking of is an adjective.

 

[Allen165]

No. It means that I think he might have committed the crime. The word you're thinking of is an adjective.

You're probably right that in my example "suspect" can't mean "doubt," but it can have that meaning.

I suspect her motives = I have doubts about her motives