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a question in manhanttan 5th SC

by eleanoreaaa Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:26 am

"The right to make legal positions TO CITY OFFICIALS was granted by the council."
Is it OK this sentence have two "to"?
This sentence is on the page 27, Chapter 2
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Re: a question in manhanttan 5th SC

by jnelson0612 Sun Sep 08, 2013 2:48 pm

eleanoreaaa Wrote:"The right to make legal positions TO CITY OFFICIALS was granted by the council."
Is it OK this sentence have two "to"?


Can you please direct me to the chapter and page number where you found this sentence?
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Re: a question in manhanttan 5th SC

by eleanoreaaa Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:02 am

This sentence is on the page 27, Chapter 2
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Re: a question in manhanttan 5th SC

by RonPurewal Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:18 am

eleanoreaaa Wrote:"The right to make legal positions TO CITY OFFICIALS was granted by the council."
Is it OK this sentence have two "to"?
This sentence is on the page 27, Chapter 2


Why wouldn't it be ok?
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Re: a question in manhanttan 5th SC

by eleanoreaaa Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:15 pm

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Ron write:
also, they will go out of their way to avoid "X of Y of Z", "X that Y that Z", "X to Y to Z", etc.
we have seen this repeatedly.
in that problem, if you wrote "to plan to practice", you'd create that sort of undesirable repetition. so this makes "to plan on practicing" more acceptable than it otherwise would be.

So how about that sentence with two "to"?
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Re: a question in manhanttan 5th SC

by RonPurewal Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:43 am

They try to avoid such wordings when it's possible, but they can't always be avoided.

On the other hand, this sentence doesn't make sense with the word "positions" in it. (You can't "make positions to someone" -- that's nonsense.)
Are you sure it's not supposed to say "petitions"?