Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH> Ah... thankyou for the clarification.  I wasn't sure what you meant in
 AH> your reply to Mike, but the rewording helped.

ak> Maybe you didn't understand what I meant speaking of using the
ak> Infinitive for making the Future time.



           Hmm.  I guess sometimes we do, as in:


      Blondie asked Dagwood to take out the trash.

      I'll remind Liam to phone you tomorrow.


      Mom insisted that Johnny clean up his bedroom.

      Cathy requested that her mother not put pickles in her sandwich.

      The engineering firm had ordered that the cables be tightened.


BTW... when I use "that" I leave out "to".  I could have left out "that" in the
 second set as well, but the rule or principle (whatever it may be) is the
same.




AH> It like in this title:

ak> http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43489457

ak> "Theresa May to warn EU leaders of Russian threat to democracy"


           Yes, I think it's important to keep in mind that this is essentially
 a newspaper headline.  Such things are very highly condensed & their purpose
is as much to make you want to read the accompanying article as to inform.... 
:-)




ak> The infinite "to warn" can be replaced with "will warn".


           I take it to mean she's planning to do [blah blah], but may feel she
 needs some time to choose her words carefully.  Either way I'll sit back &
wait for further developments.  IMHO "will warn", although it does refer to a
future event, is a bit strong unless we're 100% certain it's going to happen
that way. And unlike newspaper reporters, she & I can take time to choose our
words.  :-)







AH>        things to do list

AH>         I need you to do this

AH>         I want to get this job done before...

AH>         Im planning to






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