Subj : to be or not to be that is the question
To   : alexander koryagin
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Fri Mar 16 2018 23:18:26

Hi alexander -- on Mar 17 2018 at 02:24, you wrote:

ak> University had ordered Thursday that the cables be tightened, Mr.

ak> I would write it with "to":
ak> ....it had ordered Thursday that the cables _to_ be tightened.

ak> Is there any difference?

I'm afraid you simply can't say that!!  You could say "cables should be" or 
"cables will be" or even "cables are to be", but not "cables to be tightened"
-- there's no verb in your version.



Cheers... Dallas

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