- Saba informed that everyone had done their job.✖️
- Saba informed them (us, her, me, etc.) that everyone had done their job.✔️
- Ahmad told that he was good at English.✖️
- Ahmad told us (her, him, us etc.) that he was good at English.✔️
- The police officer assured that all culprits would be arrested.✖️
- The police officer assured me (him, her, them, etc.) that all culprits would be arrested.✔️
There are some verbs in English that need an indirect object in order to be immediately followed by a that-clause. A that-clause cannot be written right after these verbs. These verbs include "remind, inform, assure, and tell."
- Ali pays more attention to movies than dramas.✖️
- Ali pays more attention to movies than to dramas.✔️
- He can trust more on you than me.✖️
- He can trust more on you than on me.✔️
Explanation:
If you are comparing two things, then you must write the preposition before both of those things.- Mohid is declared to be in charge of the company.✖️
- Mohid is declared to have been in charge of the company.✔️
- Hira is supposed to do this job.✖️
- Hira is supposed to have done this job.✔️
Reason:
We should use perfect infinitives while talking about the time earlier than that which is stated by the finite verb.
We should use perfect infinitives while talking about the time earlier than that which is stated by the finite verb.
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