question on infinitives
Hi, I would really appreciate if someone could clarify this little detail for me.
So I've learned the "infinitives of purpose":
"I went to a shop (why?) to buy groceries"
"He's calling to talk about tomorrow"
Now is that possible to use it in contexts like this?
1) My friend turned off the light not to see the mess (he didn't want to see the mess, so he turned off the light) - it seems strange for some reason.
2) We need to care about our health not to get sick ( ?= in order to be healthy we need to care about our health) - again, looks strange but at the same time kind of logical :\
3) I turn down the music not to awake Ivan (or "so I don't wake Ivan"?)
4) We offered a pizza not to cook anything (or "so we don't need to cook anything"?) ughhhh
Please, help. Thanks everyone in advance. Sometimes I feel super confident using English but then I get stuck in situations like this... it's a bit devastating.
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You are right it is challenging.....unless one is we educated in grammatical English it is difficult to speak great English.
There are many ways to write them. Below are my different examples...others may say it differently but may still be correct.
1) he didn't want to see the mess, so he turned off the light
2) if we are healthy we will not get sick
3) to refrain from waking up Ivan I turned down the music
4) to avoid cooking we offered pizza
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