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Forlan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Is to verb versus verb
Are both sentence different mean?
The United Kingdom Prime MInister Gordon brown is to consider addition troops in Afghanistan.
United Kingdom Prime MInister Gordon brown considers addition troops in Afghanistan.
The United Kingdom Prime MInister Gordon brown is to consider addition troops in Afghanistan.
United Kingdom Prime MInister Gordon brown considers addition troops in Afghanistan.
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I may be wrong but this is how I read these two sentences, and the meaning of "is to". His goal is to become the first in his family to graduate from college. "Is to" do something implies a strong will or a neccesity to achieve.
- I may be wrong but this is how I read these two sentences, and the meaning of "is to".
- His goal is to become the first in his family to graduate from college.
- "Is to" do something implies a strong will or a neccesity to achieve.
- To me, these two sentence don't exactly contain the identical message if we probe a little deeper into the meaning.
- "Is to consider"..
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I may be wrong but this is how I read these two sentences, and the meaning of "is to".
His goal is to become the first in his family to graduate from college. "Is to" do something implies a strong will or a neccesity to achieve.
To me, these two sentence don't exactly contain the identical message if we probe a little deeper into the meaning. "Is to consider".. sent a no
His goal is to become the first in his family to graduate from college. "Is to" do something implies a strong will or a neccesity to achieve.
To me, these two sentence don't exactly contain the identical message if we probe a little deeper into the meaning. "Is to consider".. sent a no
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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to consider additional troops in Afghanistan.-- The 'be to + infinitive' is used for established facts about the future.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown considers additional troops in Afghanistan.-- Simple present here reports a present event: Brown is considering now.
So: y
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown considers additional troops in Afghanistan.-- Simple present here reports a present event: Brown is considering now.
So: y
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I would slightly rephrase your sentances.
The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to consider sending (more) additonal troops to Afghanistan
The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending additonal troops to Afghanistan.
The first sentance implies that he has not yet begun his considerations regarding sending more troops to Afghanistan. Sorry didn't see MM had
The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to consider sending (more) additonal troops to Afghanistan
The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending additonal troops to Afghanistan.
The first sentance implies that he has not yet begun his considerations regarding sending more troops to Afghanistan. Sorry didn't see MM had
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