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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The xxx the yyy

I hope you have an enjoyable weekend.

1. The later you get to bed, The more difficult for you to get up in the early morning.

2. The later you get to bed, The more difficult it is for you to get up in the early morning.

Are structures above both acceptable? Do they have the same meaning? Which one is better?

Thanks.
  

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Only #2 is OK, and it still has a couple of problems: Anonymous The later you get to bed, t he more difficult it is for you to get up early in the early morning. Cheers, A- s

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  • Only #2 is OK, and it still has a couple of problems: Anonymous The later you get to bed, t he more difficult it is for you to get up early in the early morning.
  • Cheers, A- s
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Only #2 is OK, and it still has a couple of problems:
AnonymousThe later you get to bed, the more difficult it is for you to get up early in the early morning.
Cheers,
A-
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Thank you.

Can this structure "for sb to do..." deemed a subject?

for example:

For you to stop eating is the problem, but the talking.
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The sentence seems wrong. Do you mean 'For you to stop eating is not the problem, but to stop talking'?

Very awkward, but possible, I suppose. A native speaker would probably attack it this way: Your problem isn't to stop eating but to stop talking (while you eat?-- I'm not sure what the problem really is here.)
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Mister MicawberDo you mean 'For you to stop eating is not the problem, but to stop talking'?

Yes this is what I meant.

'For you to stop eating is not the problem, but to stop talking'.(Subject)

Is the underlined a Norminative?

Can it be used as subject, object or any places where noun is used?

Thank you.
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is this structure "For sb to do ......" a nominal clause?

Therefore, it can function as a noun phrase.
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'For you to stop eating is not the problem, but to stop talking'.

I think this is the sentence you are asking about, and your question is "What is the subject?"

Let's make it a bit simpler:

For you - this is a prepositional phrase, we will put it aside for the moment.


to stop eating - this is an infinitive phrase. The infinitive is to stop
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