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Cat fold 525 Posted 8 years ago
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Use to our advantage to distract

Evil Gideon: But the sisters know about us now. Worse, the imbalance has caused a shift in both worlds.

Gideon: Which we should be able to use to our advantage to distract them whilst we complete our task. We created the imbalance. We should be able to repair the shift, and when we do, we'll make sure that the sisters forget everything.

I am a bit confused about this structure "use to our advantage to do". Shouldn't we say "use our advantage to do"?

  

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cat fold 525 I am a bit confused about this structure "use to our advantage to do". Shouldn't we say "use our advantage to do"? No.

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  • Shouldn't we say "use our advantage to do"?
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cat fold 525I am a bit confused about this structure "use to our advantage to do". Shouldn't we say "use our advantage to do"?

No. 'To one's advantage' is an idiomatic structure:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-ones-

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