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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Help me understand this, please!
Hi everyone
The sentence below is from the website (Javadocs).
After using this method, the response should be considered to be committed and should not be written to.
I don't understand where the 'to' refers to, or how it functions in this sentence. I even doubt this as a typo of 'too'
although I don't know the "should...and should not...., too" form is grammatically correct.
Thanks
LiJ
The sentence below is from the website (Javadocs).
After using this method, the response should be considered to be committed and should not be written to.
I don't understand where the 'to' refers to, or how it functions in this sentence. I even doubt this as a typo of 'too'
although I don't know the "should...and should not...., too" form is grammatically correct.
Thanks
LiJ
Top answer
the response ... should not be written to . (You) should not write to the response.
- the response ...
- should not be written to .
- (You) should not write to the response.
- ) Compare: The lecture contains bad information and should not be listened to .
- (You) should not listen to the lecture.
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... the response ... should not be written to.
(You) should not write to the response. (response must have some technical definition in this context.)
Compare:
The lecture contains bad information and should not be listened to.
(You) should not listen to the lecture.
The leader of that group is not trustworthy
(You) should not write to the response. (response must have some technical definition in this context.)
Compare:
The lecture contains bad information and should not be listened to.
(You) should not listen to the lecture.
The leader of that group is not trustworthy
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