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Navitasan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

To go to the show is important for

1-It is important for Tom to go to the show.
2-To go to the show is important for Tom.
3-Going to the show is important for Tom.

Can't these sentences mean three different things:


a-I consider that it is important that Tom should go to the show b-Tom considers that it is important that he should go to the

b-Tom considers that it is important that he should go to the show
c-Tom considers that it is important that some other people (mentioned already) should go to the show.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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navitasan Can't these sentences mean three different things Only further context would make any of those alternatives possible; as they stand they are synonymous, with only #1 sounding very natural.

  • navitasan Can't these sentences mean three different things Only further context would make any of those alternatives possible; as they stand they are synonymous, with only #1 sounding very natural.
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navitasanCan't these sentences mean three different things
Only further context would make any of those alternatives possible; as they stand they are synonymous, with only #1 sounding very natural.

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