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Grammar help

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:34 pm
by qunaa
Me and my friend have been discussing this sentence: "I don't think all polish people can be bad".
My friend is claiming, that the sentence is incorrect, and that the "can be", should be replaced with "are", so the sentence would say "I don't think all polish people are bad".
However, while the second sentence is correct, I still think the first sentence is acceptable as well.
Please help {-:

Re: Grammar help

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 2:51 am
by Alan
Indeed, both are possible and virtually identical in meaning.