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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
To leaf through
Which are correct:
1) They took the animal to the slaughterhouse to kill.
2) They took the animal to the slaughterhouse to kill it.
3) I took that book to leaf through.
4) I took that book to leaf through it.
In the first pair the animal is to be killed.
If (3) and (4) are both correct, is there a difference in their meanings?
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) They took the animal to the slaughterhouse to kill.
2) They took the animal to the slaughterhouse to kill it.
3) I took that book to leaf through.
4) I took that book to leaf through it.
In the first pair the animal is to be killed.
If (3) and (4) are both correct, is there a difference in their meanings?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
2) and 4) are correct. The infinitivals are adjuncts meaning “with the intention of killing/leafing through it”, not relative clause modifiers, as in Here’s a book (for you) to leaf through ( ˜ that you can leaf through ).
- 2) and 4) are correct.
- The infinitivals are adjuncts meaning “with the intention of killing/leafing through it”, not relative clause modifiers, as in Here’s a book (for you) to leaf through ( ˜ that you can leaf through ).
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2) and 4) are correct. The infinitivals are adjuncts meaning “with the intention of killing/leafing through it”, not relative clause modifiers, as in Here’s a book (for you) to leaf through (˜ that you can leaf through).
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