Too + adjective + infinitive clause
Hello,
I'd like to take your help with the structure "to be too + adjective + infinitive", please.
Are all of these sentences correct and do they mean the same?
1. This coffee is too sweet to be drunk.
1.1. This coffee is too sweet to drink.
2. These shoes are too big to be worn.
2.1. These shoes are too big to wear.
Thank you!
Top answer
1 are fine. But why do you want to use 1 and 2? Do you realise that they are passive clauses?
- 1 are fine.
- But why do you want to use 1 and 2?
- Do you realise that they are passive clauses?
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Obviously, 1.1 and 2.1 are fine.
But why do you want to use 1 and 2?
Do you realise that they are passive clauses?
0LaboriousAre all of these sentences correct and do they mean the same?
They are all correct. But coffee is not shoes, so they don't all mean the same thing, obviously. Within each pair the meaning is the same.
With a sentence like "The chicken is ready to eat" there is ambiguity, but in most cases we use the active infinitive even if it has passive
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