Hi,
Is the usage of rest assured in the sentences below appropriate:
Kindly correct if wrong
Many thanks
‘Rest assured’ is used as an expression of encouragement and isn’t used in the personal construction that you have used. I would rewrite as: Rest assured, he will get a seat in the IVY in view of the marks he’s obtained/Rest assured, he has got the best in view of what he’s spent.
Should rest assured always be at the beginning of the sentence? Could you rephrase my sample sentences showing how it can be used in between?
I don’t see how it could be used in the middle of your structure, but this is possible:
He will get a seat in the IVY in view of the marks he’s obtained, rest assured about that.
Beeesneees,
Is it wrong to say: “You can rest assured of winning the prize.” or
“You can be rest assured of winning the prize.”?
Alan has already indicated so.
Beeesneees,
Alan has written as “‘Rest assured’ is used as an expression of encouragement”.
But he didn’t write as “‘Rest assured’ is used alone as an expression of encouragement”.
According to you, I infer my two sentences are wrong. Is my inference correct?
You need to read further along Alan’s sentence. He said that rest assured was not used in personal constructions.
The original personal construction was:
He can be rest assured…
Your personal construction is:
You can be rest assured…
‘Rest assured’ is not usually used in these forms.
Can it be preceded by because as in
He need not look any further( beyond the top three) because rest assured, he will get a seat in the IVY in view of the marks he’s obtained
That would be okay, Sweng BUT you need a comma before ‘rest assured’ because it is STILL a set phrase which is not part of the general construction of the sentence:
He need not look any further because he will get a seat in the IVY in view of the marks he’s obtained.
He need not look any further because, rest assured, he will get a seat in the IVY in view of the marks he’s obtained.
Will your last sentence still be correct if it’s changed to:
He need not look any further because he will get a seat in the IVY in view of the marks he’s obtained, rest assured
Yes.
Hi Sweng,
You could write your sentences this way:
- In view of the marks he’s achieved, he can rest assured that he’ll get a seat in the IVY.
- In view of what he’s spent, he can rest assured that he got the best.
Note that I have removed BE in both cases.
Those two reworded versions of your sentences would work just fine in American English. The phrase ‘rest assured’ does not always have to be right at the beginning or end of a sentence – at least not on this side of the pond.
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I have to agree with Esl_Expert - maybe it is a British/American difference.
Esl-Expert,
Is the following sentence OK or not?
“In view of the marks he’s achieved, he can be rest assured that he’ll get a seat in the IVY.”
Esl-Expert,
I am bringing my query to your kind attention.
No need to make this passive.
I’m not an esl expert by any stretch of the imagination :))) but here’s my two cents:
The word “rest” here is used as a verb, hence using “can be rest” would be erroneous.
Right you are, Tort.
The very reason I removed BE in the first place was that it is neither correct nor idiomatic in the sentence.
It is possible to use the passive ‘be assured’, but not ‘be rest assured’.
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