"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. :)

2021년 12월 27일 오전 3:50

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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:).

2021년 12월 27일

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.

2021년 12월 27일

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