"He was suspected of urinary tract infection." The sentence I read is "He was suspected of HAVING urinary tract infection." Do I need the 'HAVING' in the sentence? Does the topic sentence sound natu

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"He was suspected of urinary tract infection." The sentence I read is "He was suspected of HAVING urinary tract infection." Do I need the 'HAVING' in the sentence? Does the topic sentence sound natural, too? Thank you. :)

Dec 27, 2021 3:50 AM

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Yes, and you also need to add an “a” in your sentence, so that it reads “He was suspected of having a urinary tract infection.” It is an odd topic if you’re not in medical school, but your writing sounds pretty natural to me:).

December 27, 2021

If you don't include HAVING, it makes it sound like he was suspected of committing the crime of urinary infiection, i.e. he made the infection happen.

December 27, 2021

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