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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
What to do/ how to get there
I do not know what to do.
Tell me how to get there.
I know how to use 'to infinitives' for three ways and I think that to do and to get there in those sentences function as an adjective which modifies what and how each behind. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
Tell me how to get there.
I know how to use 'to infinitives' for three ways and I think that to do and to get there in those sentences function as an adjective which modifies what and how each behind. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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1. I don’t know what to do . = “what I should do” 2.
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- I don’t know what to do .
- = “what I should do” 2.
- Tell me how to get there .
- = “how I get there” These are infinitival interrogatives.
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1. I don’t know what to do. = “what I should do”
2. Tell me how to get there. = “how I get there”
These are infinitival interrogatives. As in their finite counterparts, the interrogative element is direct object in 1., adjunct in 2.
2. Tell me how to get there. = “how I get there”
These are infinitival interrogatives. As in their finite counterparts, the interrogative element is direct object in 1., adjunct in 2.
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