- Usage between to and and - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
The second sentence is more explicit that buying milk was the purpose for which you went to the mall You can see this because it makes sense to say "I went to the mall and bought some milk, though I was planning to buy something else instead", but it would be self-contradictory to say "I went to the mall to buy some milk, though I was planning to buy something else instead "
- Through or to? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I would like to compare through and to What is their difference in meaning? Which one is (more) correct (or are both correct)? The context can be found in the two sentences below Julie went to sc
- When to use “To” or “of” - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
There is no general rule for "when to use to and when to use of" It is an unpredictable property of the particular word involved Assistant takes to for the principal person or role, not of: there is no way to predict this, you just have to learn it as part of the dictionary definition of assistant
- to versus in order to - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Welcome to English Language Learners In our answers here, you have to actually answer the question Your answer here, however, sounds like the beginning of a dialogue or a prompt Also, I don't see how it contributes anything to the question, since the OP already seems to know that "in order" is often optional, so an example of this won't reveal anything
- What is a plural of To-Do? To-Dos or To-Does?
I would skip all of that and just say "I have a lot to do today" or "I have a lot on my to-do list" Google NGram shows "to-do list" beating the other options by a wide margin If you really want to go with one of them, to-dos is the most common, then to-do's, with to-does being dead last
- infinitives - When we should add to before verb? - English Language . . .
Generally, the question of whether to use the infinitive with "to" or the infinitive without "to" depends on the particular word (verb, adjective, noun) which commands the phrase, and you just have to learn that For example, modals, such as should, must, take an infinitive without "to", while verbs like ought, have (to) require the "to", even though they mean pretty much the same: I should go
- be + to- infinitive - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
We use 'be+ to- infinitive' when discussing formal or official arrangements or to give formal instructions or orders It is also used frequently in newspapers, radio and television reports to refer to
- prepositions - Cut the price by or to or in half? - English . . .
Cut the price in half and by half mean the same thing You take whatever the price is now, and you reduce it by 50% However, cutting the price to half, may have a different meaning That would imply that the price is reduced to 50% of whatever the original price was So if the item was already discounted by 20%, it would now be discounted by 50%
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