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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
To-infinitive which replace with a caluse
The protagonist is one of royal family members of Amber, who can have a visual communication with someone, teleport to somewhere using magical cards, Trumps
His best friend, one of his cousins Luke talked over a truce with the leader of the enemy troops, Dalt.
And as a result, they is having a duel in place of a war.
The commander, an uncle of the protagonist Julian is about to report the situation to the commander-in-chief, the protagonist's another uncle Benedict through a magical card, Trump.
Julian talks to Luke.
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"There is more to you than I'd thought, Nephew," he replied. "Move over there to my right, would you?"
"Why?"
"To block his view of me, of course, I've got to let Benedict know what's going on."
Luke moved while Julian located his Trumps and shuffled out the proper one.
["Sign of Chaos" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if "to block" means "you blocked."
Thank you in advance for your help.
His best friend, one of his cousins Luke talked over a truce with the leader of the enemy troops, Dalt.
And as a result, they is having a duel in place of a war.
The commander, an uncle of the protagonist Julian is about to report the situation to the commander-in-chief, the protagonist's another uncle Benedict through a magical card, Trump.
Julian talks to Luke.
..................................
"There is more to you than I'd thought, Nephew," he replied. "Move over there to my right, would you?"
"Why?"
"To block his view of me, of course, I've got to let Benedict know what's going on."
Luke moved while Julian located his Trumps and shuffled out the proper one.
["Sign of Chaos" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if "to block" means "you blocked."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
No. e. the speaker is describing the purpose of having the nephew move to the right.
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- the speaker is describing the purpose of having the nephew move to the right.
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No. "to" means "in order to", i.e. the speaker is describing the purpose of having the nephew move to the right.
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Thank you, GPY, for another so very kind answer from you. 
I was wondering if I can use to-infinitive phrase in lieu of a comple
I was wondering if I can use to-infinitive phrase in lieu of a comple
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"To block his view of me, of course, I've got to let Benedict know what's going on."
This is not a formally grammatically complete sentence. It implies something like:
"I want you to move right in order to block his view of me ..."
In concept (if not in grammatical detail), it is analogous to:
"What on earth are you wearing on your head?"
"A tea-cosy."
This is not a formally grammatically complete sentence. It implies something like:
"I want you to move right in order to block his view of me ..."
In concept (if not in grammatical detail), it is analogous to:
"What on earth are you wearing on your head?"
"A tea-cosy."
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