why the sentence is "we are to blame" but not "we are to be blamed?"
any grammar i am not aware of?
thank you in advance for your kind answer.
any grammar i am not aware of?
thank you in advance for your kind answer.
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we are to blame?
why the sentence is "we are to blame" but not "we are to be blamed?"
any grammar i am not aware of? thank you in advance for your kind answer.
"we are to blame" sounds simpler than "we are to be blamed".
I guess "to blame" is just an idiom (one of many).
You'll probably find other similar little phrases that probably defy rules and just constitute a group of cases. Who's to know?
It never seemed wrong to me. "We are" seemed to be the object while "to blame" is the verb. It just refers to thinking that you deserve to have somebody blame you.
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