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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Grammar.
As English Adam says, that construction plus the passive infinitive implies purpose, not future.
“I got the car to be fixed” implies that the purpose of getting the car was in order to be fixed and doesn’t mean anything else except that the car has already been “got”.
In Causatives, I get “to” but the way to change the tense is through altering “get” not by changing the infinitive.
I
love my car. I will get a mechanic to repair it. What are the mechanics options? (Future)
This link is a pretty good resource on several different causative verbs.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
In the English language “Why can,” it’s easily used to describe something but sometimes “Why
can’t” is used.
Why
- can’t my sister find the top shelf of the book? Why
- are cheetahs faster than leopards? Why
can
- I wiggle my ears? ” (implied: but others can’t)
The negative version (the negative version) is quite frequent, and rarely does includes a comparison. ”
- Why cant some penguins fly? What
- makes most people not to put down their mobile phone? How
- do I reduce weight fast in a healthy way? In
all these examples, “why” could be replaced with “What is the reason cannot/can’t…” In
your specific example, though, I agree that “Why can it be atheist?” sounds a little odd, maybe because it doesn’t have a comparison in it. Why could it be insecure? ”
“How did you make the statement “NOTE!!”?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
I would say the better to is an idiom that means to better.
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