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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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The analysis of the structure of a sentence

This technique can be used to fool a business into disclosing customer information as well as by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_investigator to obtain telephone records, utility records, banking records and other information directly from company service representatives.

I'd like to know the underlined to-infinitive phrase modifies "private investigators."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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" No, it still complements 'can be used'.

  • " No, it still complements 'can be used'.
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park sang joon'd like to know the underlined to-infinitive phrase modifies "private investigators."
No, it still complements 'can be used'.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your another kind answer. Emotion: smile

This technique can be used to fool a business into disclosing custom
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This technique can be used to fool a business into disclosing customer information and [by private investigators] to obtain telephone records...

'As well as' subordinates, while 'and' coordinates, but they have the same meaning. 'By private investigators' is an inserted agent: the sentence is in passive voice.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile
Then, I'd like to know whether I can use "as well as" in lieu of "and."
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park sang joon I'd like to know whether I can use "as well as" in lieu of "and."
I have explained the difference above.
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I'm afraid whether I might badger you, but I'd like to ask you one more thing.
I made a situation; please see the following.

I and one of my friends went to Chinese restaurant, but we ordered some more dishes than we could eat, and it seemed difficult for us to eat all dishes.
And I say to my friend.
"I can eat some more noodles as well as you meat."
I'd like to know wheth
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park sang joonI'd like to know whether the last sentence is possible to say.
'You meat'? Well, you cannot say that. You can say these:

I can eat some more noodles as well as the meat.
I can eat some more noodles and the meat.

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