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Joseph A Posted 7 years ago
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Hello,

Is the following sentence correct?

He means to help you.

  

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Yes, it's fine. "Mean" is a catenative verb that can take both to -infinitival clauses and gerund-participial ones as catenative complement: I mean to finish soon . I didn't mean for you to finish soon .

— BillJ

  • Yes, it's fine.
  • "Mean" is a catenative verb that can take both to -infinitival clauses and gerund-participial ones as catenative complement: I mean to finish soon .
  • I didn't mean for you to finish soon .
  • It will mean getting up earlier .
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Yes, it's fine.

"Mean" is a catenative verb that can take both to-infinitival clauses and gerund-participial ones as catenative complement:

I mean to finish soon.

I didn't mean for you to finish soon.

It will mean getting up earlier.



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