To infinitive purpose or result
The team successfully made three goals to win the game.
Q1) Does the above sentence sound natural?
Q2) What does the above sentence imply?
1. The team successfully made three goals in order to win the game.(purpose)
2. The team successfully made three goals and because of the goals, the team won the game.(result)
3. Either 1 or 2 according to context.
I think the right answer is 2 because making goals isn't what we can do purposely, but almost by chance or luck.
If the sentence cannot mean 2, could you please make my sentence mean 2? I really want to know how to make my sentence mean 2.
Top answer
fire1 1. The team successfully made three goals If you mean football/soccer the normal word is score .
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- The team successfully made three goals If you mean football/soccer the normal word is score .
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fire11. The team successfully made three goals
If you mean football/soccer the normal word is score.
0fire1Q1) Does the above sentence sound natural?
Yes. The infinitive is casual, but I see it used a lot.
The team successfully (If they made a goal, it was successful. The word is utterly repetitious.) made three goals to win the game.
Alternatives:
The team made three goals and won the game.
The team made th
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