State electricity boards are estimated to have accumulated losses of a massive Rs. 70,000 crore.
In my opinion it should be like this
State electricity boards estimated to have accumulated losses of a massive Rs. 70,000 crore.
It is spelt ‘grammar’.
No, the first sentence is correct: it should be in passive voice. (What you have constructed is just a sentence fragment.)
Mr. Mister
why second sentence is wrong?
There is no main verb.
Hi,
Why is the second sentence wrong?
It’s not a question of being or not being a ‘main verb’. In the second sentence you have omitted ‘are’ but this is a passive construction and should be ‘are estimated’. In other words it’s not the electricity boards doing the estimating but the boards are estimated (considered) by people to have accumulated losses …
Alan
But sir,
Electricity Boards are the group of peoples.
Then you will need to change another part of your sentence:
State electricity boards estimated that they have accumulated losses of a massive Rs. 70,000 crore.
Mr. Mister
It means we can use ‘to have’ only in passive voice sentences.
It means we can use ‘to have’ only in passive voice sentences.– Huh? No, I didn’t suggest that.
I wanted to have a sandwich.
Or do you see a more specific restriction of that kind?
hmm
But, how can I distinguish the use of ’ to have’?