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김택함 Posted 11 years ago
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Something to

Something to buy
Something that i want to buy
what i want to buy

These are all same meaning ????
  

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It's impossible to tell without the context of at least a complete sentence. " My dear, silver isn't something to buy; it something to inherit. " It's possible to conjure examples where the meanings differ between all three or examples where they agree substantially.

— Deadrat

  • It's impossible to tell without the context of at least a complete sentence.
  • " My dear, silver isn't something to buy; it something to inherit.
  • " It's possible to conjure examples where the meanings differ between all three or examples where they agree substantially.
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It's impossible to tell without the context of at least a complete sentence.

Here are three usages of "Something to buy":
  • "It's just something to buy."
  • "Wow, that's would really be something to buy!"
  • My dear, silver isn't something to buy; it something to inherit.
None of these meanings is captured exactly by substituting "something that I want to buy"
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