She claims to have studied at a reputed school.

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She claims to have studied at a reputed school.

She claims to have been to a reputed school.

She claims to have visited London several times.

She claims her children to have studied at Oxford university.

Are these sentences correct?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

tufguyShe claims to have studied at a ~~reputed~~ reputable school. She claims to have been to a ~~reputed~~ reputable school.

Correct as shown above. Here's a usage note from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Reputed is easy to confuse with reputable, and they used to mean the same thing—that is, "having a good reputation"—but it's become rare to hear reputed used with that meaning today.

tufguyShe claims to have visited London several times.

Fine.

tufguyShe claims her children to have studied at Oxford university.

Not good. The verb 'claim' is not used like this. If you want to use the infinitive (to have studied), i.e., a non-finite clause, you can only claim things for yourself implicitly. That is, the subject of the infinitive must be the same as the subject of the main clause. If it isn't, you need a full finite clause.
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She claims to have three brothers. ~ She claims that she has three brothers.
~~She claims Tom to have three brothers~~. ~ She claims that Tom has three brothers.
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Tufguy · Answer

She claims that her children studied at Oxford university.

CalifJim · Answer

tufguyShe claims that her children studied at Oxford university.

Fine.
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She claims to have studied at a reputed school.

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