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the usage of the verb 'judge'? Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:20 am  the usage of the verb 'judge'?
 

That’s a difficult problem to judge by yourself.

This sentence was written by me. I showed it to a native speaker and he's like, "How could you ''judge'' a problem? That doesn't make sense." However, when it is translated into my mother tongue(Korean), it does make sense. Rolling Eyes Anyway, he changed ''judge'' to ''consider''. Would you PLEASE make me understand why judge cannot take ''a problem'' as its direct object?

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the usage of the verb 'judge'? Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:15 pm  the usage of the verb 'judge'?
 

Hi and welcome sweetpumpkin,

A noun object for the verb 'judge' has usually got to have some content that is capable of different interpretations. Take for example 'competition' 'situation' 'poem' and so on. The word 'problem' doesn't fit easily into that category. I would suggest that you qualify the noun and say: You can't really judge the difficulty of the problem by yourself. Or you say use 'evaluate' rather than 'judge'.

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the usage of the verb 'judge'? Mon Dec 17, 2007 13:31 pm  the usage of the verb 'judge'?
 

Many thanks, Alan

...but how about this one?

Quote:
1- If you judge (that) the problem has not been solved, you can always use preventive measures

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the usage of the verb 'judge'? Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:56 am  the usage of the verb 'judge'?
 

Alan wrote:
A noun object for the verb 'judge' has usually got to have some content that is capable of different interpretations. Take for example 'competition' 'situation' 'poem' and so on.

That's the explanation I've been waiting for!!!! Thank you so much! Your answer was so helpful!!!!
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the usage of the verb 'judge'? Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:07 am  the usage of the verb 'judge'?
 

Hi Tom,

In your sentence 'judge' is used to mean 'hold the view' and the 'object' is the noun clause beginning - 'that the problem ...'

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