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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Phrases and a pronoun and a relative clause
n the sentences below, the sentences following the underlined comma and the underlined dash consist of only phrases or a phrase and a conditional clause respectively.
Each year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers
- a few to remain in circulation as long as books are read. Even among "best sellers" only a few have ~
1) Does every to-infinitive in blue expresses the result ?
2) Why do reporters use these sentences?
3) If the phrase after comma were a clause, should the pronoun 'them' be substituted with 'which'?; why is it so?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Each year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers
- a few to remain in circulation as long as books are read. Even among "best sellers" only a few have ~
1) Does every to-infinitive in blue expresses the result ?
2) Why do reporters use these sentences?
3) If the phrase after comma were a clause, should the pronoun 'them' be substituted with 'which'?; why is it so?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon 1) Does every to-infinitive in blue expresses the result ? Yes. park sang joon 2) Why do reporters use these sentences?
- park sang joon 1) Does every to-infinitive in blue expresses the result ?
- Yes.
- park sang joon 2) Why do reporters use these sentences?
- Anyone may use them.
- You may, too.
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park sang joon1) Does every to-infinitive in blue expresses the result ?Yes.
park sang joon2) Why do reporters use these sentences?Anyone may use them. You may, too.
park sang joon3) If the phrase after comma were a clause, should the pronoun 'them' be substituted with 'which'?Perhaps,
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Thank you so much for your answer, Mr.Micawber.
"Perhaps, but I would like to see your concept materialized."
Each year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers
=> Each year thousands of books are published, many of which attract momentary atten
"Perhaps, but I would like to see your concept materialized."
Each year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers
=> Each year thousands of books are published, many of which attract momentary atten
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park sang joonEach year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers=> Each year thousands of books are published, many of which attract momentary attention only todisappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers.Yes, that's a reasonable alte
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Thank you Mr.Micawber for your answer.
If need be, I will amend and re-post #3.
If need be, I will amend and re-post #3.
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