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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

To be at the end of a sentence

Hi!

I would be very grateful if you someone explained to me if it's possible in English to use two verbs "to be" in one sentence. I know that it is correct to use infinitives at the end of a sentence, but how about this one:
She is a nice person to be.
I'm almost sure that it's incorrect. What do you think?
  

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That is grammatical, but the meaning is odd because the speaker would not normally have knowledge of how it was to be another person. It would be possible in some fanstasy situation where a person can inhabit someone else's body, for instance, or possibly when someone is impersonating someone else. "This is a nice place to be" is a more normal use of a similar structure.

— GPY

  • That is grammatical, but the meaning is odd because the speaker would not normally have knowledge of how it was to be another person.
  • It would be possible in some fanstasy situation where a person can inhabit someone else's body, for instance, or possibly when someone is impersonating someone else.
  • "This is a nice place to be" is a more normal use of a similar structure.
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That is grammatical, but the meaning is odd because the speaker would not normally have knowledge of how it was to be another person. It would be possible in some fanstasy situation where a person can inhabit someone else's body, for instance, or possibly when someone is impersonating someone else. "This is a nice place to be" is a more normal use of a similar structure.
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AnonymousShe is a nice person to be.I'm almost sure that it's incorrect. What do you think?
It is not natural.

You can use the passive infinitive at the end of this sentence:
She is a person to be admired.
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thanks you very much Emotion: smile
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