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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
To have finished
She's the only one to have finished studying by that time.
She was the only one to finish studying.
She's the only one to have this car.
Are they correct?
And does it have exact rules? If so? Can you please tell me the name of the rule?
She was the only one to finish studying.
She's the only one to have this car.
Are they correct?
And does it have exact rules? If so? Can you please tell me the name of the rule?
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Jumanah Are they correct? Yes. Jumanah Can you please tell me the name of the rule?
- Jumanah Are they correct?
- Yes.
- Jumanah Can you please tell me the name of the rule?
- I don't know whether there is any rule or any name.
- It is just a grammatical pattern: "the only ~ to ~".
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JumanahAre they correct?Yes.
JumanahCan you please tell me the name of the rule?I don't know whether there is any rule or any name. It is just a grammatical pattern: "the only ~ to ~".
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Jumanahthe name of the ruleI don't think it has a name. It's just that you can use an infinitival expression after a noun phrase that signifies something unique. This includes "the first", "the last", "the poorest (man)", etc., as well as "the only", which you have shown. "ever" sometimes occurs before the infinitive in this pattern.
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