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Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

There are ~~ to infinitive / to +ing

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There are 3 important points to achieve a strong paragraph writing

There are positive and negative aspects to living any country.



I'd like to know a grammar point of 'to', with a relation of there is/are, in the two sentences above.



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In those sentences, 'to' probably holds one these definitions: - (used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to; by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge. - (used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this? Does that help?

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  • In those sentences, 'to' probably holds one these definitions: - (used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to; by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge.
  • - (used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this?
  • Does that help?
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In those sentences, 'to' probably holds one these definitions:

- (used for expressing agreement or
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Thank you for your answer.

The reason I made this question was to+infinitive in sentences containing "There is/are" is little bit weird to me especially the first example I added.

I'd appreciate if it can be explaned.
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Ah, yes-- I see what you mean now. The problem is not 'there is/are', I think-- it is 'points' + 'achieve' that doesn't work. These are OK:

There are 3 important ways to achieve a strong paragraph.
There are 3 important points to remember about writing paragraphs.
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