Grammar be to do
Hi everyone
I found some different meanings for this structure "be to do" but it doesn't work here in the following sentence.
Basically I found out be to do means s. th that should be done. Am I right?
what am I to do?
if so what does it mean here:
If his wife were to find out she would then leave him and take the kids away from him.
Thanks in advance.
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rashin I found some different meanings for this structure "be to do" but it doesn't work here in the following sentence. ) rashin If his wife were to find out , she would Correct. This "were to" is not an instance of the "is to" idiom.
- rashin I found some different meanings for this structure "be to do" but it doesn't work here in the following sentence.
- ) rashin If his wife were to find out , she would Correct.
- This "were to" is not an instance of the "is to" idiom.
- It's the "were to" variant used in the if -clause of a second conditional.
- The meaning is the same either way.
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rashinI found some different meanings for this structure "be to do" but it doesn't work here in the following sentence.
It's actually the idiom called "is to", and there are only five forms:
am to, is to, are to, was to, were to
(There is no "be to", "being to", or "have been to", etc.)
rashinIf his wife were t
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