'V that' - Construction 4
| Name: | the predict that construction |
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| Description: | A person gives uncertain information. |
| Verbs: | conjecture, estimate, forecast, foretell, guess, hazard, hypothesise, predict, prophesy, speculate, suggest, surmise, theorise, wager |
| Example: | [They] predicted that unemployment would rise to 1.75 million… (BNC) |
| Membership: | communication; information |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; that-cause: Message
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