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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Are these sentences equivalent?
He thought nothing would do but he must marry upon it.
He thought nothing would do but marry upon it.
He thought nothing would do but to marry upon it.
He thought nothing would do but marry upon it.
He thought nothing would do but to marry upon it.
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To me, the first and third mean the same thing, namely "He thought he would have to marry 'upon it' -- nothing else would do", where "upon it" presumably means "upon some eventuality" (the nature of which is apparent from the context). The first is an old-fashioned form of wording. The second doesn't seem grammatical to me.
- To me, the first and third mean the same thing, namely "He thought he would have to marry 'upon it' -- nothing else would do", where "upon it" presumably means "upon some eventuality" (the nature of which is apparent from the context).
- The first is an old-fashioned form of wording.
- The second doesn't seem grammatical to me.
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To me, the first and third mean the same thing, namely "He thought he would have to marry 'upon it' -- nothing else would do", where "upon it" presumably means "upon some eventuality" (the nature of which is apparent from the context). The first is an old-fashioned form of wording.
The second doesn't seem grammatical to me.
The second doesn't seem grammatical to me.
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