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Originally Posted by engee30  Thank you again. 
In terms of grammar, your explanation sounds perfect. But what about the sense of each of the sentences, with #3 put aside? Do they convey the same meaning?
Now I feel I need to tell you somethng about my finds I've made - #3 seems all right in accordance with a few grammar books I own, but there are some other sentences explained: That's the CD to buy. (non-finite form; to buy modifies CD) That's the CD you should buy. (finite form; you should buy modifies CD) Making Sense of Grammar, David Crystal
I'm really curious about that!  |
#1 and #2 have the same meaning.....though #1 is the best sentence.
I stick to my guns on my evaluation of #3. I think it is not right grammatically and doesn't sound good to this native English speaker's ears.
As far as
"That's the CD to buy." It is certainly a phrase used in listening/speaking English but there the rules of grammar don't always apply. We speak in phrases all the time. I do agree though that this phrase sounds fine to me, but I would rarely if ever use it in writing English unless of course I was using dialog in a story.
It is often a mystery to me why one phrase sounds fine to a native English speaker's ear but another will not. If you canvass the opinion of native English speakers we seem to agree but we cannot explain why.