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Combines with any number of verbs to introduce a complement or a predicate:
 
Combines with any number of verbs to introduce a complement or a predicate:
 
*She wants <u>to</u> <span style="color:darkblue;">get some new shoes.</span>
 
*She wants <u>to</u> <span style="color:darkblue;">get some new shoes.</span>
*"When purchasing life insurance, there are a few specific questions that you're not going <u>to</u> want <span style="color:darkblue;"><u>to</u></span><span style="color:indigo;">forget</span> <span style="color:blue;"><u>to</u> ask.</span>" [http://www.ehow.com/purchase-life-insurance/ §]
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*"When purchasing life insurance, there are a few specific questions that you're not going <u>to</u> <span style="color:darkblue;">want <u>to</u></span> <span style="color:indigo;">forget</span> <span style="color:blue;"><u>to</u> ask.</span>" [http://www.ehow.com/purchase-life-insurance/ §]
  
  

Revision as of 10:57, 25 April 2013

Preposition

Destination marker

If there is one sign that symbolizes the word "to" it is an arrow. ( )

  • I'm going to the store
  • Give it to your brother.


In French this notion ( ) seems to be included in the verb aller or venir: Je vais en Chine. Bienvenue en France.

  • She's going to China.
  • Welcome to France.

The most famous line from Shakespeare's Hamlet can also be understood in this light:

  • To be or not to be: that is the question?

For Hamlet at this moment of the play, "being" is a still a destination, or an objective that is not fully realized.

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. (vers)
      • Towards sundown, she came and asked if we needed help.

Combines with "in" and "on"

  • into: (inchoative1 particle: marks a beginning) (marque le point où un "intérieur" commence à être franchi)
    • come into / go into / run into (STH)= (r)entrer dans
    • turn into, change into = (se) transformer en
    • change into warmer clothes = aller mettre, aller enfiler
    • look into, delve into = étudier de plus près
    • run into SO = croiser QQN

1 Cf. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Les_oppositions_aspectuelles_d%27apr%C3%A8s_Oswald_Ducrot.png


  • 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.
  • be on to:
    • vient du sens continuatif de on, notion de découverte d'une bonne piste...
      • I think you're on to something here.

VP junction // infinitivals

Combines with any number of verbs to introduce a complement or a predicate:

  • She wants to get some new shoes.
  • "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'

modality of "to"

Modality#Modality_of_to