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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
You're going to () what?
The protagonist, Leslie is determined to buy one in the province Hammond, a two news paper town.
Leslie spent the following two days examining the newspaper and studying its books.
"There's no way the Sun can compete with the Chronicle," McAllister assured her. "The Chronicle keeps growing. The Sun's circulation has gone down every year for the past five years."
"I know," Leslie said, "I'm going to buy it."
He looked at her in surprise. "You're going to what?"
"I'm going to buy it."
<From "Best Plaid Plans" by Sidney Sheldon>
I think "do" is omitted after "are going to."
If so, I'd like to know if it is grammatical to omit infinitive from to-infinitive phrase with leaving the object.
Leslie spent the following two days examining the newspaper and studying its books.
"There's no way the Sun can compete with the Chronicle," McAllister assured her. "The Chronicle keeps growing. The Sun's circulation has gone down every year for the past five years."
"I know," Leslie said, "I'm going to buy it."
He looked at her in surprise. "You're going to what?"
"I'm going to buy it."
<From "Best Plaid Plans" by Sidney Sheldon>
I think "do" is omitted after "are going to."
If so, I'd like to know if it is grammatical to omit infinitive from to-infinitive phrase with leaving the object.
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park sang joon I'd like to know if it is grammatical to omit infinitive from to-infinitive phrase with leaving the object. Normally no. The phrase would not normally make any sense if the verb itself was omitted.
- park sang joon I'd like to know if it is grammatical to omit infinitive from to-infinitive phrase with leaving the object.
- Normally no.
- The phrase would not normally make any sense if the verb itself was omitted.
- " works because the word "what" can refer to an arbitrary sequence of words.
- " is just the same sentence with "do" omitted.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if it is grammatical to omit infinitive from to-infinitive phrase with leaving the object.Normally no. The phrase would not normally make any sense if the verb itself was omitted. "You're going to what?" works because the word "what" can refer to an arbitrary sequence of words. (For example, "You're what?" would work in the same
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