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Old February 26, 2021, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pjt33 View Post
Not really. "He thinks he's God's gift to women", "he thinks he's the bees knees", etc.

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_copula
Yes, but wouldn't it be he thinks himself God's gift to women be the way it would be constructed in Spanish se cree un regalo de Dios--thus leaving out the verb to be altogether?
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