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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

tense of to infinitive

1. A recent study of 460 households in Sacramento, California, is the first major study to find that trees can reduce home energy consumption.

2. A recent study of 460 households in Sacramento, California, is the first major study which found that trees can reduce home energy consumption.

Q) Is "to find" in #1 thought to be "which found" in #2?
  

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moon7296 Q) Is "to find" in #1 thought to be "which found" in #2? 'Though to be'?! What do you mean by that?

— Mister Micawber

  • moon7296 Q) Is "to find" in #1 thought to be "which found" in #2?
  • 'Though to be'?!
  • What do you mean by that?
  • The sentences are synonymous.
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moon7296Q) Is "to find" in #1 thought to be "which found" in #2?
'Though to be'?! What do you mean by that?
The sentences are synonymous.
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Mister Micawbermoon7296Q) Is "to find" in #1 thought to be "which found" in #2?'Though to be'?! What do you mean by that?
Is "to find" in #1 meant/considered to be "which found" in #2? This is what I meant/intended to say
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moon7296Is "to find" in #1 meant/considered to be "which found" in #2? This is what I meant/intended to say
That is the wrong approach to analysis; there is no 'intention' or 'thought' involved; it is merely two grammatical ways to express the same thing.
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