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Whattodo Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Help to understand a grammatical structure

I read the following sentence in a newspaper.

The Party entourage to begin with.

But I could not understand its grammatical structure. Can you explain me its structure? Maybe the sentence is wrong. I am giving a part of the paragraph which includes the sentence.

Who will benefit from these speculative and lucrative activities, the door of which is slowly opening as some observers say? The Party entourage to begin with. What does all this add up to?
  

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Yes, The Party entourage to begin with is not a complete sentence itself; it is an answer to the preceding question. The full sentence would be: The Party entourage, to begin with, will benefit from these speculative and lucrative activities. This means that the Party entourage will be the first to benefit, or the primary beneficiary of the activities.

  • Yes, The Party entourage to begin with is not a complete sentence itself; it is an answer to the preceding question.
  • The full sentence would be: The Party entourage, to begin with, will benefit from these speculative and lucrative activities.
  • This means that the Party entourage will be the first to benefit, or the primary beneficiary of the activities.
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Yes, The Party entourage to begin with is not a complete sentence itself; it is an answer to the preceding question. The full sentence would be:

The Party entourage, to begin with, will benefit from these speculative and lucrative activities.

This means that the Party entourage will be the first to benefit, or the primary beneficiary of the activities.
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Thanks alot Mr.Guru.

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