If I don't have a shirt to wear it under

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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:blossom: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. :blossom:

Hi!

Store Keeper: Now, are you going to buy any underwear or not? Because I’m a very busy person toady.
Man: No, I can’t buy any underwear.
Store Keeper: And why not?
Man: Because I don’t want to buy any shirts or pants.
Store Keeper: And what does that have to do with it?

Man: Because I can’t buy an undershirt if I don’t have a shirt to wear it under, ←
and I can’t buy underpants if I don’t have pants to wear them under. ←
Now that makes sense, doesn’t it? Ha, ha, ha.

… to wear it under

What does “to” mean here?

Does it mean “in order that” or something else?

Thank you

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No, that’s not what it means. You use a to-infinitive and not a bare infinitive to make your sentence grammatically correct.

You spelled ‘today’ wrongly.

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Thank you so much, Masme :rose:
Very nice.

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