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Clee62 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Where to go or where to?

Hi,
Yesterday I wrote a sentence something like this," A beach is where to play and crowd." And my teacher said where is used incorrectly, and there should have a subject. But how come it is acceptable to say," I don't know what to do." Is it because we know the subject is I?
Also the teacher said "crowd" is commonly used this way because crowd usually implies negative meanings. What I want to say is to get together. Is there any similar verb i can use and it conveys good meanings?

Thanks,

Ryan
  

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I don't know what to do is different because what to do is the object of know . If you had what in this grammatical situation, you would need a subject. An A is what you get if you do well in a class.

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  • I don't know what to do is different because what to do is the object of know .
  • If you had what in this grammatical situation, you would need a subject.
  • An A is what you get if you do well in a class.
  • A beach is where people may play and mingle with others.
  • A beach is where people can play and get together with others.
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I don't know what to do is different because what to do is the object of know. If you had what in this grammatical situation, you would need a subject. An A is what you get if you do well in a class. A beach is where people may play and mingle with others. A beach is where people can play and get together with others.
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clee62 A beach is where to play and crowd.
No. You need this: A beach is a place where people get together and play.

... don't know ... and several other phrases are special cases that allow an embedded question with an infinitive.

I don't know what to do.

I don't know where to go.
I don't know ho
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