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Copysnake Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The use of " to"
On his deathbed, Raphael bequeathed his mistress enough money to live "honorably" for the rest of her life.
In this sentence, the logical subject of the to-infinitive "to live 'honorably' for the rest of her life" is Raphael or mistress? Because of the word "her", the logical subject should be "mistress", but can a object serve as a logical subject of the adverbials in the same sentence? I mean that does the logical subject of the adverbial and the subject of the main clause must be the same one?
Thank you very much!
In this sentence, the logical subject of the to-infinitive "to live 'honorably' for the rest of her life" is Raphael or mistress? Because of the word "her", the logical subject should be "mistress", but can a object serve as a logical subject of the adverbials in the same sentence? I mean that does the logical subject of the adverbial and the subject of the main clause must be the same one?
Thank you very much!
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Hello Copy, I would interpret the sentence as follows: 1. On his deathbed, Raphael bequeathed his mistress enough money [for her] to live honorably for the rest of her life . Thus the underlined parts qualify "money".
- Hello Copy, I would interpret the sentence as follows: 1.
- On his deathbed, Raphael bequeathed his mistress enough money [for her] to live honorably for the rest of her life .
- Thus the underlined parts qualify "money".
- Best wishes, MrP
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Hello Copy,
I would interpret the sentence as follows:
1. On his deathbed, Raphael bequeathed his mistress enough money [for her] to live honorably for the rest of her life.
Thus the underlined parts qualify "money".
Best wishes,
MrP
I would interpret the sentence as follows:
1. On his deathbed, Raphael bequeathed his mistress enough money [for her] to live honorably for the rest of her life.
Thus the underlined parts qualify "money".
Best wishes,
MrP
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copysnakeOn his deathbed, Raphael bequeathed his mistress enough money to live "honorably" for the rest of her life.I'm curious, c.s., was that the bequethal, or is that a third party's estimate of it?
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