navi tasan
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2002
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- Academic
- Native Language
- Persian
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- Iran
- Current Location
- United States
1) He was asked by me to leave for me to take my clothes off.
2) He was asked by me to leave to take my clothes off.
3) He was asked to leave to take my clothes off.
I know that the passive is a bit cumbersome here, but I am interested in the way syntax works in such cases.
It seems to me that #1 is correct and has the intended meaning (I am going to take my clothes off). I think #2 and #3 mean that he is supposed to take my clothes off. They don't have the intended meaning and are basically meaningless.
Is that correct or could #2 and #3 be used instead of #1?
2) He was asked by me to leave to take my clothes off.
3) He was asked to leave to take my clothes off.
I know that the passive is a bit cumbersome here, but I am interested in the way syntax works in such cases.
It seems to me that #1 is correct and has the intended meaning (I am going to take my clothes off). I think #2 and #3 mean that he is supposed to take my clothes off. They don't have the intended meaning and are basically meaningless.
Is that correct or could #2 and #3 be used instead of #1?