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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

With about 85-thousand people to leave the country"

"The holiday kicks off on Thursday, but most people have already started their break on Wednesday, with about 85-thousand people to leave the country."

I have learned that with O adjective, present participle, past participle and preposition phrase like

With my arms crossed, with my mouth full, with a night coming and with a week ahead, etc are possible and then should 'with about 85-thousand people to leave the country' change to like 'with about 85-thousand people leaving the country'?

Or should I add one more form with O to infinitive like with about 85-thousand people to leave the country in the list?

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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"with ~ to infinitive" is a possible pattern, but "with about 85 thousand people to leave the country" implies that they have not yet left, which seems to contradict "already started". "leaving" seems a better fit there. There is no need for a hyphen in "85 thousand".

— GPY

  • "with ~ to infinitive" is a possible pattern, but "with about 85 thousand people to leave the country" implies that they have not yet left, which seems to contradict "already started".
  • "leaving" seems a better fit there.
  • There is no need for a hyphen in "85 thousand".
  • Are you using "O" as a placeholder for a word or phrase?
  • I would not recommend this in English; I think it is likely to confuse people.
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"with ~ to infinitive" is a possible pattern, but "with about 85 thousand people to leave the country" implies that they have not yet left, which seems to contradict "already started". "leaving" seems a better fit there.

There is no need for a hyphen in "85 thousand".

Are you using "O" as a placeholder for a word or phrase? I would not recommend this in English; I think it is lik
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GPY"with about 85 thousand people to leave the country" implies that they have not yet left, which seems to contradict "already started".
Thinking again, I suppose we could allow that most people have already left, but some people have not yet left, and "to leave" refers to the situation in the future when everyone has left.
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Thank you so much as usual and then in 'with about 85 thousand people to leave the country',

about 85 thousand people is a subject in meaning and 'to leave the country' is a predicate like

with my arms crossed = while my arms are crossed, right?

And then could you tell me a clause which has the same meaning as the phrase?

It is maybe 'and
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Hans51Thank you so much as usual and then in 'with about 85 thousand people to leave the country', about 85 thousand people is a subject in meaning and 'to leave the country' is a predicate likewith my arms crossed = while my arms are crossed, right?
It's similar to "with my arms crossed" in the sense that "to leave the country" gives more information about "8
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