INGILIZCE IMPERSONAL REPORT STRUCTURES – TÜRKÇE KONU ANLATIMI

Impersonal report structures are commonly found in reports and newspapers when we want to distance ourselves from information which is not necessarily our opinion.

Reporting with The Passive:

– it + passive + that-clause

eg. It is believed that an assassination attempt was made on the president.

Other verbs used with this structure are: accept, agree, allege, claim, consider,

expect, feel, know, predict, say, suggest, think, understand.

– subject + passive + infinitive with to

eg. Knife crime is said to be on the increase in the western suburbs.

Other verbs used with this structure are: believe, consider, find, know, think.

– there + passive + infinitive with to

eg. There is expected to be more unrest in the city centre following the president’s decision.

Other verbs used with this structure are: allege, believe, claim, estimate, find, rumour, say, think.

Reporting with ‘seem’ and ‘appear’

– ‘seem’ and ‘appear’ are not used in the passive.

– we can use a that-clause after It seems/It appears.

– we can use an infinitive with to after seem/appear.

eg. It seems that nobody witnessed the crime.

People appear to be dissatisfied with the support they have received from the government.