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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

to represent

0 01i00The first scribble of childhood will surely lead to the making of recognizable shapes 01u00to represent 'Mummy02u00'.02br
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02i00About 'to represent...', is it:02br
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00(1) 01u00shapes to represent 'Mummy'02u00 (i.e the infinitive modifies 'shapes')02br
00(2) 01u00the making02u00 (of X) 01u00to represent 'Mummy'02u00 (i.e the infinitive modifies 'the making (of X)')02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10112br
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10Good! That's what I thought as well.02br
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00Grammatically, however, is it possible for an invinitive to modify 'the doing' of 'the doing of X', not 'doing X'?0-
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00 It's analogous to these, where 01i00to02i00 is equivalent to 01i00in order to02i00:02br
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01i00 the selling of brooms to earn money for college02br
00 the public reading of the will to clarify the wishes of the deceased02br
00 the destruction of the building
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01. The first scribble of childhood will surely lead to the making of recognizable shapes | to represent 'Mummy'.02br
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002. The first scribble of childhood will surely lead to the making of | recognizable shapes to represent 'Mummy'.02br
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00I find this one a little confusing, as I can hear it both ways. On the one hand, I wonder whether the #1 inte
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0 Hi all02br
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00My two (euro) cents:02br
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00The sentence should read: 01i00The first scribble of childhood will surely lead to the making of recognizable shapes 01b00representing02b00 'Mummy'. 02i00In other words: 01i00that/which represent...02i02br
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00As there
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