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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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"To be not about to"

0Please, I'd like to know if my ideas in relation to the following sentences are correct: 02br
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00"He's 01b01u00not about to02u02b00 drive". - Does it mean that he can't suppose, imagine himself driving a car because, perhaps he's a fearful person for that ?02br
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00"I've had my share in this project, too" = Does it mean that the subject "I" have also had his participation in the project ? 02br
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00Best regards,02br
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00Jeannie0-
  

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0we can say " be about to " , which means" is going to ", but I don't think we could say " be not about to " 02br
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00he is about to drive, means, he is going to drive right at the time when they saiy that.02br
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00but i could figue out what "be not about to" mean., why not use " won't " instead.02br
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00and the share here in t
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0 01i00to be not about to02i00 do something is to have absolutely no intention of doing it. It is to be nearly hostile to the idea of doing it.02br
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01i00Mr. and Mrs. Hansen 01u00were not about to02u00 allow their daughter to marry that man. "She'll marry him over my dead body!" said Mrs. Hansen.02br
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