Peoplebelieved him to have sold the house.
老师好,想问一下认知动词后作宾补的不定式,是不是无论不定式是一般体、完成体、还是进行体都不能用表示事件意义的动态动词呢?
就譬如这句话,不定式用一般体一定是错的,但我感觉可以用完成体呀,由于完成体不定式说明这是谓语时间之前的动作,那样既然房屋已经卖了,大家再去相信,这应该没问题吧?
People believed him to have sold the house.
非常简单的道理,不定式的完成体说明,其动作早于谓语动词 believed 。复合宾语结构可以转化为宾语从句,从句用过去完成时,意思维持不变:
People believed that he had sold the house.