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Darcy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
It was not to be.
0 <He tried to send ships to the stranded little colony across the sea. But it was not to be. > 02 br
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00 What is understood after "it was not to be" and what is the meaning and role of "be to infinitive" in "it was not to be" ? 02 br
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00 Thanks for reading. 0-
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00 What is understood after "it was not to be" and what is the meaning and role of "be to infinitive" in "it was not to be" ? 02 br
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00 Thanks for reading. 0-
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02 br 01 i 00 Be 02 i 00 = occur, happen. 01 i 00 It was not to happen 02 i 00 . 02 i 0-
- 02 br 01 i 00 Be 02 i 00 = occur, happen.
- 01 i 00 It was not to happen 02 i 00 .
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01 i 00 Be 02 i 00 = occur, happen. 01 i 00 It was not to happen 02 i 00 . He tried to send ships, but he could not. 02 br
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00 It is an interesting phrase; I suggest that it is a fixed one, though the infinitive here is the ' 01 i 00 be-to 02 i 00 ' future-- an objective statement of future fact: 01 i 0
01 i 00 Be 02 i 00 = occur, happen. 01 i 00 It was not to happen 02 i 00 . He tried to send ships, but he could not. 02 br
02 br
00 It is an interesting phrase; I suggest that it is a fixed one, though the infinitive here is the ' 01 i 00 be-to 02 i 00 ' future-- an objective statement of future fact: 01 i 0
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