A. The company has unveiled what it claims is the world's smallest
camera.
B. The company has unveiled what it claims to be the world's
smallest camera.
Could someone please explain why sentence A is correct and not B?
I have tried to split it:
C. The company has unveiled something.
D. The company claims that this something is the world's smallest camera.
I can understand the use of "is" in sentence D, but sentence A still sounds bizarre to my ears.
All this time I have always thought that "claim" must be followed by "to be". Could someone please explain when to use "claim to be" and when to use "claim is" ?
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