Infinitive at the beginning of a sentence
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What does this sentence mean and if possible please paraphrase it for me?
And how to understand these types of sentences in future please?
To fail is to invite doubt into everything we believe.
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It's just defining one infinitive by equating it to another infinitive. , eg To die is to sleep. You can paraphrase this as eg Dying is the same as sleeping.
- It's just defining one infinitive by equating it to another infinitive.
- , eg To die is to sleep.
- You can paraphrase this as eg Dying is the same as sleeping.
- Or eg If you die, you sleep.
- , eg To know him is to love him.
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It's just defining one infinitive by equating it to another infinitive.
Consider a simpler example., eg To die is to sleep.
You can paraphrase this as eg Dying is the same as sleeping. Or eg If you die, you sleep.
Consider another simple example., eg To know him is to love him.
You can paraphrase this as eg Knowing him is the same as loving him
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