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Old 05-Nov-2005, 09:06
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Hi , could you explain to me the 2 sentences below :
1) a plan to accelerate the growth of tourism.
2) a plan accelerate the growth of tourism.

are they the same meaning , ? why the first one with to ?

thanks you ,and looking forwards to hearing from you soon !
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1. there's a defenant plan to accelerate the growth of tourism. it's a known plan.

2. I don;t know what you mean since the sentence seems to missing a verb.
if you meant to write "accelerates" then the meaning is that any plan you have will accelerate the growth of tourism. you just need to have one.

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Hi, thanks you for explaining to me , i have picked them from a book but i didnt quite understand the meaning between 2 of them ,so now i see what you mean of them , but you said that there are other replies ,so could you tell me others about them . thanks you again !

the 2 sentense was : a plan can accelerate the growth of tourism.
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sentence 2 now means: any plan that you have will be able to accelerate etc....

the difference is in the certainty of the plan
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