Sachinrpat wrote:
Q) Whether "consider to be" is correct; also whether "consider X Y/ X consider Y etc" where consider doesn't follow any preposition/infinitive, is ALWAYS correct?
If answer to first question is YES, please elaborate it with few examples.
1. I consider you my friend. (consider X Y)...... correct
2. I consider you to be my friend. (consider X to be Y)... suspect (I have seen at least one official example in which this usage was in the correct option - if I find it, I shall post
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