How do you know who the speaker refers to when he uses infinitives?
How do you know who the speaker refers to when he uses infinitives?
For example:
You said to give you the money as soon as I had it.
Look at "you said to give you...", Who should give it? He? She? or maybe they? Why are the people omitting who should do the action? Is it acceptable?
Also another example:
It would be interesting to tell us what you think about our project in the company.
Is this sentence also acceptable?
Top answer
BoSsSy You said to ~ You told me to ~ You instructed me to ~ You directed me to In other words this is the report of a command, and it's acceptable. One person sees it like this: Give me the money! I told you to give me the money.
- BoSsSy You said to ~ You told me to ~ You instructed me to ~ You directed me to In other words this is the report of a command, and it's acceptable.
- One person sees it like this: Give me the money!
- I told you to give me the money.
- I said to give me the money.
- You said to give you the money is how the other person sees it.
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BoSsSyYou said to
~ You told me to ~ You instructed me to ~ You directed me to
In other words this is the report of a command, and it's acceptable.
One person sees it like this:
Give me the money!
I told you to give me the money.
I said to give me the money.
You said to give
0BoSsSyIt would be interesting to tell us what you think about our project in the company. Is this sentence also acceptable?
In my opinion this is less acceptable than your first example, but even so it can be understood.
It would be interesting for you to tell us ...
If you want to specify the subject of an infinitive, you use a
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