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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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But to confuse genealogists and sticklers for family legality,
The Amber's royal family member are half-immortal.
Oberon, the former king of Amber had married several women in Shadows, parallel worlds of Amber.
When Oberon's wife Riga had shown less hardihood than many by aging rapidly and retiring to a reclusive life at a country shrine, he had gone off and remarried, somewhat to the chagrin of their children?Caine, Julian and Gerad. But to confuse genealogists and sticklers for family legality, he had done it in a place where time flowed far more rapidly than in Amber.
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if the underlined to-infinitive phrase is similar to the prepositional phrase "to the chagrin of their children" in usage.
Oberon, the former king of Amber had married several women in Shadows, parallel worlds of Amber.
When Oberon's wife Riga had shown less hardihood than many by aging rapidly and retiring to a reclusive life at a country shrine, he had gone off and remarried, somewhat to the chagrin of their children?Caine, Julian and Gerad. But to confuse genealogists and sticklers for family legality, he had done it in a place where time flowed far more rapidly than in Amber.
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if the underlined to-infinitive phrase is similar to the prepositional phrase "to the chagrin of their children" in usage.
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park sang joon I'd like to know if the underlined to-infinitive phrase is similar to the prepositional phrase "to the chagrin of their children" in No. One 'to' is a preposition and the other is an infinitive marker.
- park sang joon I'd like to know if the underlined to-infinitive phrase is similar to the prepositional phrase "to the chagrin of their children" in No.
- One 'to' is a preposition and the other is an infinitive marker.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if the underlined to-infinitive phrase is similar to the prepositional phrase "to the chagrin of their children" inNo. One 'to' is a preposition and the other is an infinitive marker.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for another very kind answer from you. 
I know that.
I'd like to know if the two express someone's s
I know that.
I'd like to know if the two express someone's s
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park sang joonI'd like to know if the two express someone's surprise.Neither expresses surprise. Why would you think that? The first expresses chagrin and the second expresses confusion.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your continuing support.
Then How about I say the two express someone's emotion.
Then How about I say the two express someone's emotion.
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park sang joonThen How about I say the two express someone's emotion.Well, chagrin is an emotion, but I don't think I would call confusion an emotion.
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