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Pakistan123  #435831  Sun, 28 Oct 07 07:48 AM

change the following sentence by using infinitives

1.Justly speaking of one's work is truth.

IS justly to speak of one's work is truth correct

                           or

to just speak of one's work is truth. is correct'

also tell how?
  
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Mister Micawber  #435844  Sun, 28 Oct 07 08:30 AM

Justly to speak of one's work is truth.  Just (speak) means only to do so; justly (speak) means righteously to do so-- and the latter is the meaning of the original sentence.
  
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