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Avianvirus Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
there was a road to lead to the town.
Hi,
It is said that "there was a road to lead to the town." should be "there was a road leading to the town."
Could anyone teach me the reason why the former cannot be acceptable?
Thank you in advance.
It is said that "there was a road to lead to the town." should be "there was a road leading to the town."
Could anyone teach me the reason why the former cannot be acceptable?
Thank you in advance.
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In principle, "There was a road to lead to the town" could be used, but the circumstances under which it would make sense are extremely rare. It would have to mean "There was a road which was built in order to lead people/traffic to the town" or "There was a road built for the purpose of leading (connecting something) to the town". This might appear in a text which discusses a regional plan which had been developed in the past.
- In principle, "There was a road to lead to the town" could be used, but the circumstances under which it would make sense are extremely rare.
- It would have to mean "There was a road which was built in order to lead people/traffic to the town" or "There was a road built for the purpose of leading (connecting something) to the town".
- This might appear in a text which discusses a regional plan which had been developed in the past.
- "There was a town.
- In the town there were homes and offices.
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In principle, "There was a road to lead to the town" could be used, but the circumstances under which it would make sense are extremely rare. It would have to mean "There was a road which was built in order to lead people/traffic to the town" or "There was a road built for the purpose of leading (connecting something) to the town". This might appear in a text which discusses a regio
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Thank you CalifJim. It was now clear. But please allow me to ask furthere.
>"There was a road to lead to the town."
In Japan, some explans that "a road to lead" itself is ungrammatical for the sentence. However I don't think so. I thought it just a matter of "there was." Taking a look at goo
>"There was a road to lead to the town."
In Japan, some explans that "a road to lead" itself is ungrammatical for the sentence. However I don't think so. I thought it just a matter of "there was." Taking a look at goo
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"a trail to lead someone to somewhere" is a possibility. Without seeing the exact sentences I would say that, in general, this could easily be a perfectly grammatical construction.
"a road to lead" all by itself is ungrammatical. "road" is the noun, and "to lead" is the infinitive that describes it. When we have this structure, the noun must be possible as an object of the infi
"a road to lead" all by itself is ungrammatical. "road" is the noun, and "to lead" is the infinitive that describes it. When we have this structure, the noun must be possible as an object of the infi
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