Difference between revisions of "To"
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**The destination physically supports (or <abbr title="soutenir: to hold up, to support">holds up</abbr>) the "subject" of the sentence, <abbr title="l'empêche de tomber">keeps it from falling</abbr>. | **The destination physically supports (or <abbr title="soutenir: to hold up, to support">holds up</abbr>) the "subject" of the sentence, <abbr title="l'empêche de tomber">keeps it from falling</abbr>. | ||
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[hide]Preposition
Destination marker
- I'm going to the store
- Give it to him.
Directional marker: towards
- toward, towards = vers, en direction de
- He moved towards the door, step by step. He wanted to leave.
- It's getting towards sundown.
- Towards sundown, she came and asked if we needed help.
Combines with "in" and "on"
- into:
- onto:
- The destination physically supports (or holds up) the "subject" of the sentence, keeps it from falling.
- Should we move the computer onto the desk?
- There's no way you're going to be able to put the iPad onto your unlimited plan with verzion.
- Z is on to SO / STH -- vient du sens continuative de on, notion de découverte...
- I think you're on to something here.
- The destination physically supports (or holds up) the "subject" of the sentence, keeps it from falling.
VP junction // infinitivals
Combines with any number of verbs to introduce a complement:
- "When purchasing life insurance, there are a few specific questions that you're not going to want to forget to ask." §
phonetic reduction
There are two principle verbs where the [t] loses its "obstruent" nature (It's T-ness if you like):
- want to → wanna'
- going to → gonna'
