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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"To be to know"

1i00I'm trying to learn English language attending a specific course.02i02br
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01i00In the lesson of this week I've found a verb that I've never heard before.02i02br
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01i00Of course, I know, what "to be" and "to know" mean separately.02br
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00But what does the expression "01b00to be to know02b00" mean?02i02br
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01i00I guess it is a passive form but I can't understand it very well.02br
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00Can someone help me?02br
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00Thanks in advance02br
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00Marco02i0-
  

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02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

— Clive

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4 Answers
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0Hi,02br
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00Can you give a couple of sentence examples of this from your lesson?02br
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0He's referring to the form "to be to do something", I suppose.02br
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00Example:02br
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00I was to tidy up my room.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Or perhaps something like 01font00'How was I to know?'02font02br
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00Let's see what examples the poster offers.02br
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00Clive0-
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0 to be to X = to be bid by someone to X.02br
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00I was to know all 100 words by Friday = I was bid by my teacher to memorize all 100 words by Friday. 0-
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