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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
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What to do
How can we explain the construction of "What to do ?"
The affirmative form of the sentence would be " To do something/this /that etc. ", which is just an infinitive phrase, not a complete sentence.
So how can we consider "What to do ?" as a complete sentence ?
The affirmative form of the sentence would be " To do something/this /that etc. ", which is just an infinitive phrase, not a complete sentence.
So how can we consider "What to do ?" as a complete sentence ?
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"The affirmative form of the sentence would be " To do something/this /that etc. ", which is just an infinitive phrase, not a complete sentence. " as a complete sentence?
- "The affirmative form of the sentence would be " To do something/this /that etc.
- ", which is just an infinitive phrase, not a complete sentence.
- " as a complete sentence?
- It's not a complete sentence.
- Questions like that are very frequently constructed by ESL students and often are the result of 'word for word' translation of their native language.
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Debpriya DeHow can we explain the construction of "What to do ?"The affirmative form of the sentence would be " To do something/this /that etc. ", which is just an infinitive phrase, not a complete sentence.
So how can we consider "What to do ?" as a complete sentence? It's not a complete sentence. Questions like that are very freque
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