Subj : to be or not to be that is the question
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Sat Mar 17 2018 19:55:36

Hi, Dallas Hinton!
I read your message from 16.03.2018 16:18

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

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

 ak>> Is there any difference?

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

No any verb? Let's see this example:

"The manager ordered the cargo _to_ be insured."

Bye, Dallas!
Alexander Koryagin
ENGLISH_TUTOR 2018

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