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Nkspb Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A to-infinite at the end of a sentence
Hello! Please, help to understand 
I have two sentences:
1) "Every person is to blame"
Does it mean that
- every person blames somebody
- every person is blamed
- can mean both
?
2) "This book takes a lot of time to read/to be read"
Are the both ways of saying it correct?
Thanks for any help!
I have two sentences:
1) "Every person is to blame"
Does it mean that
- every person blames somebody
- every person is blamed
- can mean both
?
2) "This book takes a lot of time to read/to be read"
Are the both ways of saying it correct?
Thanks for any help!
Top answer
e. whatever happened) is the fault of everybody. Everybody is responsible for the bad thing that happened.
- e.
- whatever happened) is the fault of everybody.
- Everybody is responsible for the bad thing that happened.
- 2) "to read" is OK; "to be read" is not natural there.
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1) It (i.e. whatever happened) is the fault of everybody. Everybody is responsible for the bad thing that happened.
2) "to read" is OK; "to be read" is not natural there.
2) "to read" is OK; "to be read" is not natural there.
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