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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The adjectival or appositional usage of to-infinitive
In the following sentences, I think each to-infinitive mean intention or obligation.
1) He has accepted the request to be enthroned. [obligation]
2) There was a request to reconsider the plan. [obligation]
3) He is rather free with his healing power, despite the cost to him in memories, and it is only because of Shinku's constant reminder to write in the special 'diary' that he is able to retain memories from day to day. [obligation]
4) I have discussed your request to work from home with Sheila, and unfortunately, I cannot approve such working conditions at this time. [intention]
5) The U.S. government has rejected Annette Lu’s request to stop in New York City this weekend on her way to Central America. [intention]
6) I expressed my willingness to support the cause. [intention]
7) He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything. [intention]
8) Newspapers and television told of the shooting attack by car bandits, Nicholas's death and our decision to donate his organs. [intention]
9) Now he is forced to participate in the revolting Game. Perhaps it is because of the darkness hidden in the depths of his soul: an inexplicable desire to brutally ruin women. [intention]
I'd like to know whether my thought is right.
In advance, thank you for your help.
1) He has accepted the request to be enthroned. [obligation]
2) There was a request to reconsider the plan. [obligation]
3) He is rather free with his healing power, despite the cost to him in memories, and it is only because of Shinku's constant reminder to write in the special 'diary' that he is able to retain memories from day to day. [obligation]
4) I have discussed your request to work from home with Sheila, and unfortunately, I cannot approve such working conditions at this time. [intention]
5) The U.S. government has rejected Annette Lu’s request to stop in New York City this weekend on her way to Central America. [intention]
6) I expressed my willingness to support the cause. [intention]
7) He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything. [intention]
8) Newspapers and television told of the shooting attack by car bandits, Nicholas's death and our decision to donate his organs. [intention]
9) Now he is forced to participate in the revolting Game. Perhaps it is because of the darkness hidden in the depths of his soul: an inexplicable desire to brutally ruin women. [intention]
I'd like to know whether my thought is right.
In advance, thank you for your help.
Top answer
I don't find your labels particularly appropriate in any of those sentences. The noun before the infinitive tells us the nature of the clause, request, desire, expression of willingness, etc.
- I don't find your labels particularly appropriate in any of those sentences.
- The noun before the infinitive tells us the nature of the clause, request, desire, expression of willingness, etc.
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I don't find your labels particularly appropriate in any of those sentences. The noun before the infinitive tells us the nature of the clause, request, desire, expression of willingness, etc.
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Thank you Mr.fivejedjon for your valuable reply.
You know I'm not a native speaker, and I need other secondary way ,quite different form native speakers, to interpret sentences.
I interpreted the to-infinitive in my examples way like shown in the below phrases.
~request that He have to be enthroned~
request that We have to reconsider
reminder that He have to write
You know I'm not a native speaker, and I need other secondary way ,quite different form native speakers, to interpret sentences.
I interpreted the to-infinitive in my examples way like shown in the below phrases.
~request that He have to be enthroned~
request that We have to reconsider
reminder that He have to write
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I see no justification in the originals for your inference of 'have to' or intend to'.
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Thank you Mr.fivejedjon for your continuous reply.
What way do you think I can interpret my examples other than my way in?
Dose every to-infinitive have respectively different nuance?
What way do you think I can interpret my examples other than my way in?
Dose every to-infinitive have respectively different nuance?
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