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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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The subject of a to-infinitive
I credit Natali's writing with this emotional tug-of-war, because he was able to explain the motives of the characters without giving too much away and forcing the pacing to lag. (The man is whip smart, and it showed through his handling of the Q&A session after the movie). They do some despicable things, but Natali oft times tries to explain the character's background to justify certain actions. I appreciate the effort, but at the same time, I felt the film required some serious suspension of disbelief on the part of its viewers to really swallow some scenes and resulting relationships.
I have extracted some from one of reviews of "splice" on IMDB <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/?ref_=nv_sr_1>
I think the subject of "to really swallow" is "its viewers", not "I" and is omitted or implied.
Then, I'd like to know whether even though the subject of a to-infinitive isn't identical to the subject of a main clause, I can use it as the subject of to-infinitive if I can deduce the subject of a to-infinitive from the other parts of a main clause or those of other sentences in the text.
Thank you in advance for your help
I have extracted some from one of reviews of "splice" on IMDB <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/?ref_=nv_sr_1>
I think the subject of "to really swallow" is "its viewers", not "I" and is omitted or implied.
Then, I'd like to know whether even though the subject of a to-infinitive isn't identical to the subject of a main clause, I can use it as the subject of to-infinitive if I can deduce the subject of a to-infinitive from the other parts of a main clause or those of other sentences in the text.
Thank you in advance for your help
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park sang joon I think the subject of "to really swallow" is "its viewers", not "I" and is omitted or implied. Yes. 'To' is an abbreviated form of the phrasal preposition 'in order to'.
- park sang joon I think the subject of "to really swallow" is "its viewers", not "I" and is omitted or implied.
- Yes.
- 'To' is an abbreviated form of the phrasal preposition 'in order to'.
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park sang joonI think the subject of "to really swallow" is "its viewers", not "I" and is omitted or implied.Yes. 'To' is an abbreviated form of the phrasal preposition 'in order to'.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your very valuable answer. 
I'd also like to know whether even though the subject of a to-infin
I'd also like to know whether even though the subject of a to-infin
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park sang joon if I can deduce the subject of a to-infinitive from the other parts of a main clause or those of other sentences in the text.You can deduce it from wherever it is possible to do so and maintain the semantic sense of the utterance.
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