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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Use of infinitives at the beginning of a sentence
Hello,
I get often criticised by my boss for using infinitive constructs at the beginning of sentences. Example:
To research blabla, we applied the method of ...
In his opinion this infinitive at the beginning of a sentence is bad english and has an other meaning as I intend.
In this example, all I want is to express is a goal or a reason of why something was done within the same sentence.
Could someone please shed light on this?
I get often criticised by my boss for using infinitive constructs at the beginning of sentences. Example:
To research blabla, we applied the method of ...
In his opinion this infinitive at the beginning of a sentence is bad english and has an other meaning as I intend.
In this example, all I want is to express is a goal or a reason of why something was done within the same sentence.
Could someone please shed light on this?
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AnonymousI get often criticised by my boss for using infinitive constructs at the beginning of sentences. Example:To research blabla, we applied the method of ...Strange. Maybe he's confusing an infinitive of purpose (which you have here, and which is fine) with an infinitive used as a subject (which can sound wrong).
To lift the truck, a crane h
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