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Hhtt Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

To the milestone; foe; to reach

Apple has become the first company to reach a trillion-dolar market capitalisation, beating old foes such as Microsoft and young tech rivals Amazon and Alphabet to the milestone."

Source:Financial Time

Would you please explain the use of "to reach"? I found it confusing. As apple has already reached that status, should it not have been as "that reach" or "which reach"?

Thank you.

  

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hhtt Would you please explain the use of "to reach"? I found it confusing. As apple has already reached that status, should it not have been as "that reach" or "which reach"?

— Mister Micawber

  • hhtt Would you please explain the use of "to reach"?
  • I found it confusing.
  • As apple has already reached that status, should it not have been as "that reach" or "which reach"?
  • 'To reach' is a non-finite verb; it has no tense; it can refer to past, present or future.
  • The modifying structure 'N + to reach' is simply an alternative to 'N + that has reached ' there.
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hhttWould you please explain the use of "to reach"? I found it confusing. As apple has already reached that status, should it not have been as "that reach" or "which reach"?

'To reach' is a non-finite verb; it has no tense; it can refer to past, present or future. The modifying structure 'N + to reach' is simply an alternative to 'N + that

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