گرامر پیشرفته: ?Consider or regard

نکات گرامری: Different from, different to or different than

گرامر پیشرفته: ?Consider or regard

گرامر پیشرفته: ?Consider or regard

Consider and regard can both mean ‘believe’ or ‘realise’ or ‘understand’. When they mean ‘believe’ or ‘realise’ or ‘understand’, we don’t often use the continuous forms.

Consider

Consider takes several different patterns.

Consider + that-clause

When you consider that she was very scared, her story is even more remarkable.

Consider + object + to be

They consider him to be the best chef in the country.

Consider + object + to have

The ministry of trade considered the company to have the best vision for exports.

Warning:

We don’t use as with consider:

We consider this to be a very serious issue.

Not: We consider this as a very serious issue.

Regard

We often use regard in the phrase ‘regard as’: regard (+ object) + as + noun phrase or adjective phrase:

The United Nations regard human rights as their main priority.

Alexander Graham Bell is regarded as the inventor of the telephone.

Do you regard their behaviour as good or bad?

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