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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The usage for purpose of the preposition 'to'
I went to the dining room to lunch.
If he needed help, Mother came rushing to the rescue.
1. I think in the usage for purpose, direction property of 'to' focus on a thing in place of a place. am I right?
2. If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples?
1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
->I gout up very early the morning to the first train.
2) I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to drink water.
-> I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to water.
3) MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to watch TV.
-> MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to TV.
In advance, thank you for your help.I went to the dining room to lunch.
If he needed help, Mother came rushing to the rescue.
1. I think in the usage for purpose, direction property of 'to' focus on a thing in place of a place. am I right?
2. If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples?
1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
->I gout up very early the morning to the first train.
2) I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to drink water.
-> I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to water.
3) MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to watch TV.
-> MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to TV.
In advance, thank you for your help.
If he needed help, Mother came rushing to the rescue.
1. I think in the usage for purpose, direction property of 'to' focus on a thing in place of a place. am I right?
2. If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples?
1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
->I gout up very early the morning to the first train.
2) I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to drink water.
-> I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to water.
3) MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to watch TV.
-> MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to TV.
In advance, thank you for your help.I went to the dining room to lunch.
If he needed help, Mother came rushing to the rescue.
1. I think in the usage for purpose, direction property of 'to' focus on a thing in place of a place. am I right?
2. If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples?
1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
->I gout up very early the morning to the first train.
2) I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to drink water.
-> I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a water purifier to water.
3) MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to watch TV.
-> MLB playoff series start today so I went to the living room to TV.
In advance, thank you for your help.
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2. If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples? 1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
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- If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples?
- 1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
- ->I got up very early the morning to the first train .
- No.
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2. If intention of a subject's action is clear, the preposition 'to' can substitute a to-infinitive as in the following examples?
1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
->I got up very early the morning to the first train. No.
2) I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a
1) I got up very early the morning to take the first train.
->I got up very early the morning to the first train. No.
2) I'm very thirsty so I went to the dining room where there is a
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Thank you for your sincere answer, AlpheccaStars.
Then, is the usage of the preposition 'to' we can use for purpose much limited?
Then, is the usage of the preposition 'to' we can use for purpose much limited?
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park sang joonI went to the dining room to lunch.If he needed help, Mother came rushing to the rescue.I wonder whether you may be misinterpreting these.
I went to the dining room to lunch.
Can be interpreted in two ways: (i) "lunch" as a noun (meaning the event/activity of having lunch), in which case "to" is just like as in "I went to my
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Thank you GPY.
I have just found this in a dictionary : She's gone to lunch.
Then, could I suppose a meal can be regarded as a place?
I have just found this in a dictionary : She's gone to lunch.
Then, could I suppose a meal can be regarded as a place?
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park sang joonI have just found this in a dictionary : She's gone to lunchIt is an idiom. eg.
She's out to lunch. This has two meanings: she's out of the office during the lunch hours, or she is not being realistic.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lunch
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Thank you AlpheccaStars.
I went to the dining room to lunch.
I saw a sentence like that in the novel the name of which I can't remember.
There, I could suppose as a speaker is 'I', that the usage of the preposition is for purpose.
Now, I think lunch is in pace of a place.
I went to the dining room to lunch.
I saw a sentence like that in the novel the name of which I can't remember.
There, I could suppose as a speaker is 'I', that the usage of the preposition is for purpose.
Now, I think lunch is in pace of a place.
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park sang joonNow, I think lunch is in pace of a place.No. it is a verb.
The word "lunch" has a verb form.
"to lunch" means "to have a midday meal"
See this dictionary:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lunch
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park sang joonI went to the dining room to lunch.I saw a sentence like that in the novel the name of which I can't remember.There, I could suppose as a speaker is 'I', that the usage of the preposition is for purpose.Now, I think lunch is in pace of a place.As I mentioned, "lunch" can be either a verb or a noun there, depending on interpretation.
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Park San Joon,
I can appreciate how confused you must be with the rules and exceptions being discussed in your posts because I went through the same huddles many years ago. I have to admit, I was chasing the rules like many learners. I soon found out, trying to memorize examples and rules, let alone exceptions are nearly impossible because when sentence pattern and construction change, preposi
I can appreciate how confused you must be with the rules and exceptions being discussed in your posts because I went through the same huddles many years ago. I have to admit, I was chasing the rules like many learners. I soon found out, trying to memorize examples and rules, let alone exceptions are nearly impossible because when sentence pattern and construction change, preposi
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grammarfreak His secretary said " He went to lunch with a client". Lunch - is a verb.as explained by AlpheccaStars.As I mentioned earlier, "lunch" in that case can be either a noun or a verb. You can see how it can be a noun by analogy with "He went to dinner with a client". There is no verb "to dinner" (the verb would be "dine"), but the sentence is still fi
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