I know it’s incorrect, but I can’t say why…

Question

Note the following sentence:

”His comment could be misconstrued that the movie was boring.”

My sense is that this sentence is incorrect. A correct sentence would be:

”His comment could be misconstrued to mean that the movie was boring.”

Please tell me specifically why the first sentence is grammatically incorrect and the second is correct.

Answer 1

the 2nd says people may misconstrue what he intended to say

the 1st says people may falsely believe the movie was boring based on what he said

people may or may not even believe what he says, so the 1st is probably incorrect, the movie may or may not have been boring, but depending on the context,the 1st might be correct. but even then, the 2nd would also be correct. Odds are low the 1st is correct. The 2nd is always correct, regardless whether the 1st is correct.