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Navitasan Posted 15 years ago
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To postmodification
Is this sentence correct:
1-He is a player to commit fouls.
Does it mean:
a-He might commit fouls. It can't be put beyond him because he has done it before.
b-He commits a lot of fouls.
c-He is in the habit of committing fouls.
I think "1" is not quite natural.
2-He is a player to commit fouls in these situations.
is probably better.
I think "2" means "He does commit fouls in these situations. (and not: He might commit fouls in these situations.)
1-He is a player to commit fouls.
Does it mean:
a-He might commit fouls. It can't be put beyond him because he has done it before.
b-He commits a lot of fouls.
c-He is in the habit of committing fouls.
I think "1" is not quite natural.
2-He is a player to commit fouls in these situations.
is probably better.
I think "2" means "He does commit fouls in these situations. (and not: He might commit fouls in these situations.)
Top answer
Greetings, postmodifying to- infinitive clauses are used in either modal or non-modal sense. We usually have a modal meaning when the antecedent of the infinitive clause corresponds to the object of the infinitive: The option to choose is... = The option we should choose is...
- Greetings, postmodifying to- infinitive clauses are used in either modal or non-modal sense.
- We usually have a modal meaning when the antecedent of the infinitive clause corresponds to the object of the infinitive: The option to choose is...
- = The option we should choose is...
- However, when the antecedent corresponds to the subject of the infinitive (your particular case), the interpretation may be nonmodal: He is a player to commit fouls.
- = He is a player who commits fouls.
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Greetings,
postmodifying to-infinitive clauses are used in either modal or non-modal sense.
We usually have a modal meaning when the antecedent of the infinitive clause corresponds to the object of the infinitive:
The option to choose is... = The option we should choose is...
However, when the antecedent corresponds to the subject of the infinitive
postmodifying to-infinitive clauses are used in either modal or non-modal sense.
We usually have a modal meaning when the antecedent of the infinitive clause corresponds to the object of the infinitive:
The option to choose is... = The option we should choose is...
However, when the antecedent corresponds to the subject of the infinitive
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