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Patrick-Peter
What's the difference between "mean to do" and "mean doing"?
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.
To raise wage means increasing purchasing powerWhat's mean by"I don't mean there to be any unpleasantness"?
Sep 26, 2010 9:48 AM
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"increasing purchasing power" is an object clause. So there is no real verb structure here. All you have is: subject + means + object
In #1 "mean to" means "intend to".
September 26, 2010
Can you provide a couple of sentence examples so we can try to explain it better?
September 26, 2010
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