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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The meaning of "get a" and "was to"?
Hi,
In below sentence, I can't understand the meaning of get a...and was to together. The two, below, should be a phrase. May someone please has some guidance?
Mister Lasher said NASA engineers decided the only way to get a signal from the spacecraft was to send a message and wait for an answer.
In below sentence, I can't understand the meaning of get a...and was to together. The two, below, should be a phrase. May someone please has some guidance?
Mister Lasher said NASA engineers decided the only way to get a signal from the spacecraft was to send a message and wait for an answer.
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The pattern is "the (only) way to X is to Y". This means that X can be achieved only by doing Y.
- The pattern is "the (only) way to X is to Y".
- This means that X can be achieved only by doing Y.
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The pattern is "the (only) way to X is to Y". This means that X can be achieved only by doing Y.
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Yeah, it is very simple. I don't know how couldn't I get that!
Thank you.
Thank you.
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