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Persian Learner Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Be+to+BE+p.p ?

Hi.
what kind of grammar point does the following expression exploit?

'Payments are to be resumed after an interval of several months'

And what idea is it trying to express?
  

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"are to be resumed" is the passive form of the "be + to-infinitive" pattern, used to state that something is arranged to happen or ought to be done. Active: "you/we/etc. are to resume payments" Passive "payments are to be resumed"

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  • "are to be resumed" is the passive form of the "be + to-infinitive" pattern, used to state that something is arranged to happen or ought to be done.
  • Active: "you/we/etc.
  • are to resume payments" Passive "payments are to be resumed"
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"are to be resumed" is the passive form of the "be + to-infinitive" pattern, used to state that something is arranged to happen or ought to be done.

Active: "you/we/etc. are to resume payments"
Passive "payments are to be resumed"
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Thanks.

In the aforesaid context, it means that payments are going to resume or should be resumed?
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Persian LearnerThanks.In the aforesaid context, it means that payments are going to resume or should be resumed?
Probably it means that payments are going to resume. It is possible for it to be a demand that payments should be resumed. The latter seems less likely given the sentence as a whole, but only the wider context will tell for sure.
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