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Dawner Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
using "to"
"Putin says Russia to invest $15B in Ukranian security"
I don't understand how "to" is used and what its mening in sentence. pleace could you explain it grammatically. Thank you in advance.
I don't understand how "to" is used and what its mening in sentence. pleace could you explain it grammatically. Thank you in advance.
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Hello, dawner—and welcome to English Forums. Putin says Russia to invest $15B in Ukrainian security This is a headline, and the verb 'be' has been omitted: Putin says Russia is to invest $15B in Ukrainian security. 'To be to + infinitive' is a future form used to express a future fact.
- Hello, dawner—and welcome to English Forums.
- Putin says Russia to invest $15B in Ukrainian security This is a headline, and the verb 'be' has been omitted: Putin says Russia is to invest $15B in Ukrainian security.
- 'To be to + infinitive' is a future form used to express a future fact.
- It is rather rare in spoken English, but is common in journalistic writing.
- I am to meet my wife at 7 PM precisely.
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Hello, dawner—and welcome to English Forums.
Putin says Russia to invest $15B in Ukrainian security
This is a headline, and the verb 'be' has been omitted:
Putin says Russia is to invest $15B in Ukrainian security.
'To be to + infinitive' is a future form used to express a future fact. It is rather rare in spoken English, but is common in j
Putin says Russia to invest $15B in Ukrainian security
This is a headline, and the verb 'be' has been omitted:
Putin says Russia is to invest $15B in Ukrainian security.
'To be to + infinitive' is a future form used to express a future fact. It is rather rare in spoken English, but is common in j
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