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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Infinitive = Relative clause?

Hi! I'm just wondering if the following sentence is correct: There were many people to see the movie. Is the infinitive correct??? Or is it better to say: There were many people who want to see the movie. Thanks!
  

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Both are OK. The meanings are a bit different. The first does not indicate whether they want to see it or not; it says that they came with the purpose orintention of seeing the movie.

— Mister Micawber

  • Both are OK.
  • The meanings are a bit different.
  • The first does not indicate whether they want to see it or not; it says that they came with the purpose orintention of seeing the movie.
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Both are OK. The meanings are a bit different. The first does not indicate whether they want to see it or not; it says that they came with the purpose orintention of seeing the movie.
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AnonymousThere were many people who wanted to see the movie.
As corrected, or There are many people who want to see the movie.

I'd use one of these:

A lot of people wanted to see the movie. (They could have been at home.)

There were a lot of people [here / there] to s
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Thank you, it helped a lot! This forum is great!
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