Juxtaposition of "had" and "to convince"
(CNN) - A hearing Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida, was the first chance former President Donald Trump's lawyers had to convince US District Judge Aileen Cannon in person that the FBI search warrant on Mar-a-Lago for government records, including those identified as classified, was unwarranted and merited an outside attorney to review the case.
Do verbs "had" and "to convince" belong to two different clauses in the paragraph above?
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I think that the juxtaposition of "had" and "to convince" doesn't form a catenative construction of obligation in that sentence.
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anonymous Do verbs "had" and "to convince" belong to two different clauses in the paragraph above? Yes. the first chance former President Donald Trump's lawyers had || (in order) to convince ...
- anonymous Do verbs "had" and "to convince" belong to two different clauses in the paragraph above?
- Yes.
- the first chance former President Donald Trump's lawyers had || (in order) to convince ...
- Starting at 'to convince' you have an infinitive of purpose.
- anonymous I think that the juxtaposition of "had" and "to convince" doesn't form a catenative construction of obligation in that sentence.
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anonymousDo verbs "had" and "to convince" belong to two different clauses in the paragraph above?
Yes.
... the first chance former President Donald Trump's lawyers had || (in order) to convince ...
Starting at 'to convince' you have an infinitive of purpose.
anonymousI think that the juxtaposition of "had" and "to con
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