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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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To understand the knowledge of the mountains, the forest, the waterways and all the wonderful features of the world within our sensitive and amazing district.
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Hi, The basic problem is that it has no main verb. A shorter example of the same structure is eg 'To paint a chair'. If someone walked into a room and said 'To paint a chair' you wouldn't understand what they were talking about.
- Hi, The basic problem is that it has no main verb.
- A shorter example of the same structure is eg 'To paint a chair'.
- If someone walked into a room and said 'To paint a chair' you wouldn't understand what they were talking about.
- But you would, if someone instead said eg 'To paint a chair is easy' or eg 'I want to paint a chair'.
- Clive
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Hi,
The basic problem is that it has no main verb.
A shorter example of the same structure is eg 'To paint a chair'.
If someone walked into a room and said 'To paint a chair' you wouldn't understand what they were talking about.
The basic problem is that it has no main verb.
A shorter example of the same structure is eg 'To paint a chair'.
If someone walked into a room and said 'To paint a chair' you wouldn't understand what they were talking about.
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