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Purpose Clauses: Syntax, Thematics, and Semantics of English Purpose Constructions - Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy C. Jones 1991 edition
Purpose Clauses: Syntax, Thematics, and Semantics of English Purpose Constructions - Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
C. Jones
The purpose clause is a common fonn of adverbial modification in English. John came [to play with the children] [to play with] I brought John along Insofar as purpose clauses appear to be adverbial, they frequently occupy a relatively low place on the scale of important things for syntactic theory to address itself to.
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