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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Spoke on condition of anonymity to
http://news.yahoo.com/police-colo-suspect-planned-massacre-months-033025968.html
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to in order to discuss the investigation, said late Saturday night that the jammed weapon had a high-capacity ammunition magazine.
What does the to here mean? Could you give me some examples of the "to"?
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to in order to discuss the investigation, said late Saturday night that the jammed weapon had a high-capacity ammunition magazine.
What does the to here mean? Could you give me some examples of the "to"?
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To in order to is ungrammatical. It looks to me like a typo. My guess is that the author initially meant to write to , but later changed his mind and replaced it with in order to , forgetting to backspace the original to .
- To in order to is ungrammatical.
- It looks to me like a typo.
- My guess is that the author initially meant to write to , but later changed his mind and replaced it with in order to , forgetting to backspace the original to .
- ) By the way, Yahoo!
- news is notorious for poor grammar and editing.
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To in order to is ungrammatical. It looks to me like a typo. My guess is that the author initially meant to write to, but later changed his mind and replaced it with in order to, forgetting to backspace the original to. (In order to and to are usually interchangeable.)
By the way, Yahoo! news is notorious for poor grammar and editing.
By the way, Yahoo! news is notorious for poor grammar and editing.
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