What is the correct way to use to-infitives?
This topic often confuses me. Sometimes I am not even able to understand the meaning of a sentence. For instance, the sentence:
"White to move".
You can hear it in chess, it means that the player with white pieces has to make his turn. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the rule to explain this expression.
"My first movie to watch was ..."
Is this a correct way to use infinitives? It would be nice if you gave me the full rule about it.
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This topic often confuses me. Sometimes I am not even able to understand the meaning of a sentence. For instance, the sentence:
"White to move".
You can hear it in chess, it means that the player with white pieces has to make his turn. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the rule to explain this expression.
"My first movie to watch was ..."
Is this a correct way to use infinitives? It would be nice if you gave me the full rule about it.
infinitives
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This topic often confuses me. Sometimes I am not even able to understand the meaning of a sentence. For instance, the sentence:
"White to move".
You can hear it in chess, it means that the player with white pieces has to make his turn. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the rule to explain this expression.
"My first movie to watch was ..."
Is this a correct way to use infinitives? It would be nice if you gave me the full rule about it.
infinitives
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This topic often confuses me. Sometimes I am not even able to understand the meaning of a sentence. For instance, the sentence:
"White to move".
You can hear it in chess, it means that the player with white pieces has to make his turn. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the rule to explain this expression.
"My first movie to watch was ..."
Is this a correct way to use infinitives? It would be nice if you gave me the full rule about it.
infinitives
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The second sentence is wrong, you’d rather say:
The first movie I watched was...
You can easily find the rule online, here you go!
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/infinitive
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She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
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The second sentence is wrong, you’d rather say:
The first movie I watched was...
You can easily find the rule online, here you go!
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/infinitive
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She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
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The second sentence is wrong, you’d rather say:
The first movie I watched was...
You can easily find the rule online, here you go!
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/infinitive
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She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
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The second sentence is wrong, you’d rather say:
The first movie I watched was...
You can easily find the rule online, here you go!
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/infinitive
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The second sentence is wrong, you’d rather say:
The first movie I watched was...
You can easily find the rule online, here you go!
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/infinitive
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She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
– Jason Bassford
18 hours ago
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She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
– Jason Bassford
18 hours ago
She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
– Jason Bassford
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She gave me four movies to watch, and told me I had to watch them in a certain order. My first movie to watch was . . .
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