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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

To

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When the boy opened the door to his own house, his mother said that.

1/ What is the meaning of to?

2/ What is the meaning of opened the door to his own house ?

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The door to my house is the door of my house and the way to enter my house. This is the road to the beach. This is the road to take to get to the beach.

— Myprofe

  • The door to my house is the door of my house and the way to enter my house.
  • This is the road to the beach.
  • This is the road to take to get to the beach.
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The door to my house is the door of my house and the way to enter my house.

This is the road to the beach. This is the road to take to get to the beach.
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to can mean belonging to, belonging with, corresponding to, or associated with. It is usually a smaller object that naturally goes with a larger one. In fact, a good paraphrase of this use of to is that goes with.

the door to his house
the key to the car
the cork to this bottle

More abstractly:

the answer to
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to gives direction here, similar to towards, but this is immediate direction
the way/direction to enter the house
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I would agree with CJ here: "to" = "that has a functional relationship with".

"The key to the door"; "the door to the house"; "the clue to the murder".

MrP
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MrPedanticI would agree with CJ here: "to" = "that has a functional relationship with".

"The key to the door"; "the door to the house"; "the clue to the murder".

MrP
Yes, of course, it's the "belong/of" meaning, but IMO, in the original context, when one opens to door to the house, it also means he/she opens the direction/path a
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