ss18 wrote:
Can someone from
egmat or
Magoosh (@mickmcgarry) help with my query below?
ss18 wrote:
Hi,
I'm absolutely on board with the two things and how they need to be connected but I can't make peace with this bit - "to" is an infinitive of purpose. Using "to" almost seems like the displays heat the atmosphere with the intention to 1. affect the trajectories ... 2. ( to) induce electric currents... but that isn't the intended meaning right. The meaning is that these two things CAN be a result of the displays.
Please help!
Best
SS18
daagh wrote:
The displays can heat the atmosphere to do two things. 1. to affect the trajectories blah, blah and 2. ( to) induce electric currents blah blah . So an – and - is required between - missiles - induce - to complete the series with proper parallelism.
E is the correct answer.
Hi
ss18Although I know you have asked specific experts to respond your query, I hope you will allow me to help you with it.
You are right, that "+to infinitive" is used to indicate intentions. So, the following sentence would fall under this usage:
I went to her place
to collect my parcel. - I went there with the intention to achieve something.
However, that's
NOT the only use of "+to infinitive". The "+to infinitive" can be used in many other ways too. For instance, one way is to use it after adverbs.
I was tired enough to fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed. - This means that I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as I hit the bed; it does not mean that I became tired with the intention fall asleep.
This is the exact same usage that you find in the correct sentence as well. You can read more about the general use of "+to infinitive" at
https://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/infinitive/. However, I would not recommend going overboard in your research. Also, not all usages maybe tested on the GMAT.
Cheers!