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Coloraday Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Which structure is used here?What does it mean?

You can excuse a fault too well ,not to have been to blame .
What does not to have been to blame mean?
Which structure is used in it?
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Hi, You can excuse a fault too well ,not to have been to blame . What does not to have been to blame mean? This means you make excuses so well that I think you were to blame.

— Clive

  • Hi, You can excuse a fault too well ,not to have been to blame .
  • What does not to have been to blame mean?
  • This means you make excuses so well that I think you were to blame.
  • Which structure is used in it?
  • Let me answer by offering some simpler examples.
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Hi,

You can excuse a fault too well ,not to have been to blame .



What does not to have been to blame mean?

This means you make excuses so well that I think you were to blame.



Which structure is used in it?

Let me answer by offering some simpler examples.



First, without negation
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What does Be to Blame mean?
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Hi,

My dictionary offers

be to blame

be responsible; deserve censure

It's a common expression. Let me offer you a few examples.

Tom was to blame for the accident.

Mary was not to blame for the accident.

Who is to blame for the accident?

The window has been broken. Who is to blame
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CliveMy dictionary offers

be to blame

be responsible;   deserve censure
What's your dictionary Clive?
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Hi again,

The Canadian Oxford Paperback Dictionary, which I won in a contest.

I also use the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Clive
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