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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

put out to smoke later

Can you correct this sentence? Is it grammatical to say "been put out to smoke later" ,having an infinitive after 'put out"?
A cigarette that has been put out to smoke later slang is called a shorty.
  

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Anonymous A cigarette that has been put out to smoke later (slang) is called a shorty. In my opinion, this is grammatical. Somebody put it out with the intention of smoking it later.

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  • Anonymous A cigarette that has been put out to smoke later (slang) is called a shorty.
  • In my opinion, this is grammatical.
  • Somebody put it out with the intention of smoking it later.
  • The process of smoking the cigarette was interrupted, to be resumed later.
  • We don't know how much later.
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AnonymousA cigarette that has been put out to smoke later (slang) is called a shorty.
In my opinion, this is grammatical.
Somebody put it out with the intention of smoking it later.
The process of smoking the cigarette was interrupted, to be resumed later. We don't know how much later.
(It was "put out" so that it would no
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