Question about phrase "is said to be"
In this sentence I can use a past tense:
It is reported that two people were injured in the explosion.
But can I use it somehow in paraphrased one:
Two people are reported to be (were?) injured in the explosion.
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The way to do this would be to use "have been": "Two people are reported to have been injured in the explosion."
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Two people were reported injured in the explosion.
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'they have been injured' is the action/verb
'they are injured' ie the state/adjective
.. so both are fine
'they are said/reported to be..' is passive grammar ('people say/report that..') and is good in this case
:)
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