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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Why there is "to" after "contain?

THERE are some people in the world so mischievous as not to read a work without applying the vicious or ridiculous characters it may happen to contain to eminent or popular individuals.

Should the writer to start a new sentence after "characters"?
  

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without applying the vicious or ridiculous characters ................................................................. (that) it (the work) may happen to contain ............................................................................... to eminent or popular individuals to apply (one thing) to (another thing) For example, The student applied (what she learned in chemistry) to (her cooking techniques at home).

— CalifJim

  • without applying the vicious or ridiculous characters .................................................................
  • (that) it (the work) may happen to contain ...............................................................................
  • to eminent or popular individuals to apply (one thing) to (another thing) For example, The student applied (what she learned in chemistry) to (her cooking techniques at home).
  • CJ
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without applying the vicious or ridiculous characters
................................................................. (that) it (the work) may happen to contain
...............................................................................to eminent or popular individuals

to apply (one thing) to (another thing)

For example, The s
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I have never seen the phase "contain to". Does it mean contain? Can it leave off "to"?
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It's not "contain to." As CJ explained, it's "applying (something) to (something)".

In this case, it's applying (the vicious or ridiculous characters it may happen to contain) to (eminent or popular individuals).
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Contain and apply are the same in this case? This is not in the dictionary.
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yma16Contain and apply are the same ... ?
No. How did you get that idea? I think you'd better read through this thread again several times and more carefully.

CJ
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I got it. Thanks a lot. English is not easy. Knowing every words does not always mean understanding the sentence.
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yma16Knowing every word does not always mean understanding the sentence.
So true.
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