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What is the purpose? Why?
- What is the purpose?
- Why?
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hrsaneiWhat does (to what end?) mean?You don't have to put this in bold face and in parentheses. Here are two correct ways to do it:
What does "to what end?" mean?
What does to what end? mean?
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That's incorrect. To what end does not mean for what purpose, or "what is the purpose." It means something else.
In many exercises and events in life the purpose of an action is obvious, what is less obvious is at what point in the pursuit of that purpose the end result has been achieved. Take war for. If you decide to invade Afghanistan to rid the country of the kind of people that can t
In many exercises and events in life the purpose of an action is obvious, what is less obvious is at what point in the pursuit of that purpose the end result has been achieved. Take war for. If you decide to invade Afghanistan to rid the country of the kind of people that can t
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That's not correct. This is an archaic idiom meaning "For what purpose?", and is generally used as a standalone statement. It's not asking where a sequence ends or should end.
A similar phrase is, "What end do you hope to accomplish?"
The usage of the word "end" here is the same as that in the phrase "means to an end".
A similar phrase is, "What end do you hope to accomplish?"
The usage of the word "end" here is the same as that in the phrase "means to an end".
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