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Hello StephanLaiAs RVW said, you had better understand that the "be prepared to" is an adjectival predicate to mean "have already prepared to". English still retains a few relics of the old perfective construct of the form <be V-ed> where V is an intransitive verb. This construct was...

hi agent c we are discussing the translations of sentences and some types of examples in montague grammer. this is my "formal semantics" lesson in school. i don't know well this issue but Roro helped me much. so i increase my knowledge a bit with discussing. this is the first handout of the...

Hello muratsekerci ! Question 3: Suppose the following rules were added to the syntax of L1E: VP -> Vs S Vs -> believes-that, hopes-that What difficulty arises in attempting to formulate the semantic rule for Vs + S constructions? I think there could be various technical problems. And...

Just change it into "I must go" - then it's easier to analyze: "go" here is the full verb that is in its infinitive and follows the modal auxiliary must - without to! I have to go: "have to" is the substitute form for "must", "go" again is the full verb in its infinitive. "Have to" here is a...