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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The use of necessary?
It is known that each adjective takes its own different arguments.
And I'm not sure whether the structure,you see below,is correct one.
i.e. 'He is necessary to do things.'
Is this grammatical as necessary with an animate subject ?
And I'm not sure whether the structure,you see below,is correct one.
i.e. 'He is necessary to do things.'
Is this grammatical as necessary with an animate subject ?
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Well. I am not sure what you are asking about, but the sentence is certainly not felicitous. I suggest this: We need him in order to do....
- Well.
- I am not sure what you are asking about, but the sentence is certainly not felicitous.
- I suggest this: We need him in order to do....
- Is this what you intend?
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Well. I am not sure what you are asking about, but the sentence is certainly not felicitous. I suggest this:
We need him in order to do....
Is this what you intend?
We need him in order to do....
Is this what you intend?
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well, yes. If I use the sentence you suggest for communication.
So you said, in strictly grammatical usage 'necessary to-infinitive'phrase must not take the animate subject, is it right?
I also know that it seems a bit odd to ask like obsessed about grammar, but you know, one may as well not know a thing at all as know it but imperfectly.
So you said, in strictly grammatical usage 'necessary to-infinitive'phrase must not take the animate subject, is it right?
I also know that it seems a bit odd to ask like obsessed about grammar, but you know, one may as well not know a thing at all as know it but imperfectly.
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What I need you to do, cho, is to give us a few more example sentences in order to understand what concerns you precisely. Both of these sentences are fine, but 'for' is the usual choice of preposition:
Mr Kim is not necessary to/for our operations, so let's fire him.
That machine is not necessary to/for our operations, so let's discard it.
Mr Kim is not necessary to/for our operations, so let's fire him.
That machine is not necessary to/for our operations, so let's discard it.
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Thank you for your answer and advice.
So I've searched and that I found these two contrastive sentences which only differ in the feature of the subject.
1. Andrew felt that he was necessary to do the job which he had discussed with Mohamed.(Hansard)
2. He also thinks cell-phones booths are necessary to rein in people who don't censor themselves.(Fox News)
and the
So I've searched and that I found these two contrastive sentences which only differ in the feature of the subject.
1. Andrew felt that he was necessary to do the job which he had discussed with Mohamed.(Hansard)
2. He also thinks cell-phones booths are necessary to rein in people who don't censor themselves.(Fox News)
and the
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Sentence #1 is not wrong because of the subject, but it is wrong or at least awkward on other counts: it is either a mistyping or a poor construction. A Hansard record is verbatim, so it is not necessarily grammatically correct. I think that one of these was intended:
Andrew felt that it was necessary to do the job which he had discussed with Mohamed.
Andrew felt th
Andrew felt that it was necessary to do the job which he had discussed with Mohamed.
Andrew felt th
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Now it gets clear to me, I never thought of the resources as possibly uncorrect and I from now on will take so many examples as not the absolutely grammatical ones.
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