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Mizansinha007 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What is meant by "to be"?

You know the world of English is a fun and exiting place to be?

Please explain me, teachers.
I want to know the meaning and expression of the sentence above.
  

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The world of English is a fun and exiting place in which one is or can be.

  • The world of English is a fun and exiting place in which one is or can be.
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The world of English is a fun and exiting place in which one is or can be.
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Sorry ozzourti, I have not understood.
Please teach me in different ways/way.

Please correct my statement, teachers.

Thanks
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Sometimes it's hard to paraphrase an idiomatic expression without altering the meaning.

Let me use a different example.

If you said, for instance, "London is a great place to be on a sunny day", it would indicate that it's great to be in London on a sunny day. Perhaps it could be used as a slogan to attract tourists to the city. Or "London is the place to be on a sunny day" would
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It is the infinitive use of one definition of "be". The American Heritage Dictionary has "2. a. To occupy a specified position: The food is on the table." You could rearrange that example as, "On the table is where the food is." This is like "London is a fun place [for one] to be."
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mizansinha007You know the world of English is a fun and exciting place to be.
Maybe this will help.

a place to live ~ where you can live
a place to visit ~ where you can visit
a place to sit ~ where you can sit
a place to be ~ where you can be
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Thanks a lot teachers.
And certainly, I appreciated your great explanation, CalifJim.
It's really helpful.
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You know the world of English is a fun and exciting place to be?

You can also think of 'to be' here as meaning 'to exist'.

You know the world of English is a fun and exciting place to exist in?

When Shakespeare's Hamlet as

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