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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

My aim is make a money or to make a money?

Sometimes I've often seen the sentences with the following form here.

The purpose of my studying English is get a better job.

[Q1]I've thought they had to correct into "The purpose of my studying English is to get a better job". Am I wrong?

[Q2]Normally I've used "better" as an adjective so I've written as "a better job" but can't I describe as "better a job"? (In the sentence,I think I can't do so.sometimes I can't believe things in my memory.Now I feel I've seen such expression " better a job" somewhere. In that case, I thought "better" looked an adverb.Please confirm it.

[Q3] Such expression (okay), Such an expression( also okay?)

Thank you for your kind answers in advance.
  

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Son James Q1]I've thought they had to correct into "The purpose of my studying English is to get a better job". Am I wrong? No, you are not wrong.

— Grammarfreak

  • Son James Q1]I've thought they had to correct into "The purpose of my studying English is to get a better job".
  • Am I wrong?
  • No, you are not wrong.
  • In contexts where goal, aim, and plan is mentioned, the correct for is "to infinive".
  • For example: My goal is to finish college before my 22 nd birthday.
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Son JamesQ1]I've thought they had to correct into "The purpose of my studying English is to get a better job". Am I wrong?
No, you are not wrong. In contexts where goal, aim, and plan is mentioned, the correct for is "to infinive". For example: My goal is to finish
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Thank you so much for your answer,Mr.Grammarfreak.Emotion: embarrassed I'm sorry. I couldn't catch your indicating that "Now I feel I've seen s
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Oh~ Since my dictionary doesn't indicate the role of an adverb for "such", I was curious how we can express " such an expression". Now I've found it in goggle. It also has a role as an adverb. Now I can prove by my self that both expression of "such expression" and "such an expression" are right in grammar. Anyway, thank you so much,Mr.Grammarfreak
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Son James "such expression" and "such an expression"
Both of the above is possible with the right contexts.
On the other hand, "better a job" is not.

The phone rings and you pick it up.
Caller: Is Joe Crocker here?
You:There is no such [a] person living here!
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grammarfreakBoth of the above is possible ...
Both of the above are possible ...
grammarfreakYou:There is no such [a] person living here!
There is no such a person living here!

That is unnatural, in my opinion.
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Thank you for your answer,Mr.GrammarfreakEmotion: embarrassed
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Thank you for your teachings,Mr.FivejedjonEmotion: embarrassed
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fivejedjongrammarfreakBoth of the above is possible ...Both of the above are possible ...
Thanks, my "oop". 3 am in the monring wasn't the best time to answer a post. My sleepy eyes were mistakenly focused on "above" and without much thought, it came out as " Both of the above is
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'Both of the above is correct' is unacceptable in BrE. If native speakers of AmE tell me that it is acceptable in AmE then I will have to accept it.
grammarfreak" There is no such a person....." is a common phrase which is natural enough to most American ears, in my opinion.
If you say so, fine. I merely note that the (only) nineteen citations in CO
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It seems to me that there is apparently a big difference in how phrases are used in BrE vs AmE, at least on a casual level.
Phrases like "such a thing", or " such a person" seems common enough that there are all kinds of contexts with this use.
This one is from a scentific website:


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