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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"to understand" and "to be understood"

0He spoke in a voice 01font01b00too low 01u00to be heard02u02b02font00. 02br
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00He spoke in a voice 01font01b00too low 01u00to hear02u00.02b02font02br
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00He spoke 01font01b00too quickly02b02font00 01font01b01u00to be understood02u02b02font00. 02br
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00He spoke01font01b00 too quickly 01u00to understand02u02b02font00. 02br
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00She's01font01b00 too young02b02font00 01font01b01u00to be sent to school02u02b02font00. 02br
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00She's01font01b00 too young 01u00to send to school02u02b02font00. 02br
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00It is 01font01b00too heavy02b02font00 01font01b01u00to be carried02u02b02font00. 02br
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00It is01font01b00 too heavy 01u00to carry02u02b02font00. 02br
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00May I ask which one of each pairs is most suitable? All of them have "too...to" expression, but they didn't always seem to 02br
00use only passive or active voice. 02br
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00Thank you for your help! 0-
  

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0"He spoke too quickly to understand," is the only one I have my doubts about. It may be okay, but I don't think I've ever heard it. 0-

— Avangi

  • 0"He spoke too quickly to understand," is the only one I have my doubts about.
  • It may be okay, but I don't think I've ever heard it.
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0"He spoke too quickly to understand," is the only one I have my doubts about. It may be okay, but I don't think I've ever heard it. It gave me pause when I read it.02br
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00If I had to choose the more common from each pair (without benefit of Google) I'd go with - tie; blue; tie; red.0-
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