Re: Warngalyang Infinitives

On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, D Tse wrote:

> >
> > That is, if I get the sense of I and II--in English one might use an -ing
> > form for 'infinitive I', but the 'to ' form for 'infinitive II'.
> >
> > [Running(I) in a race is fun - I went to the store to buy(II) a book - You
> > should go to learn(II) reading(I)]
> >
> > I could be wrong.  How's that sound?
> >
>
> But one could write with equal or not too much less readability:
>
> To run in a race is fun
> You should go to learn to read
>
> Or maybe *I'm* wrong...
>
I could confuse things a bit more and say,

You should go and learn to read,

which most people would understand I think...


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