is vs. is to

what is the difference between is and is to?

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kati Svaby

Hello,

is to is the third person/singular of (to) be to

What can mean b be to[/b] ?

According to the Oxford dictionary it has three meanings as auxiliary verb.
1.be to do sth=used to say what most or should be done
-I am to call them once I reach the airport.
-You are to report this to the police.
-What is to be done about this problem?

2.be to do sth = used to say what is arranged to happen
They are to be married in June.

3.be to do sth = used to say what happened later.
He was to regret that decision for the rest of his life.(he did regret it)

Even something: “What Is to Be Done?” (Tolstoy), an 1883 essay by Leo Tolstoy it means about What to do?

very best answer thank u i understand so well

very best answer thank u i understand so well

what mean (get a life)

Hello Axmed,

Listen to these songs with LYRICS. Both title : Get a life
youtube.com/watch?v=3wZGPRTK0Cs
youtube.com/watch?v=EEVq2qVMXUE

These songs will help you understand the" get a life " 'meaning.

Get a life is an idiom.(informal expression) = used to tell sb to stop boring and do something more interesting. Usually it is an ironic expression, sarcastic remark or gesture.

  • Do me all a favour -get a life! (ironic expression)

Similar terms: “Get a job!” " Has no life. “Get a house .” “Get a car.” " Get a girl"

or: It is applied so called workahoholic when you want him to say :to relax you can say instead of it: Get a life! = Relax = Don’t work yourself to death.

But :when you say get your own life = mind your own business = Don’t work yourself to death.

Bye:
Kati svaby

Sorry every body, I made a finger crossed here for a while Mr. Axmed!

A.S. Honrnby’s who was the author of The Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary------
he wrote in his English language writing patterns,or he tried to show us,
what you write about "Verb’ in English, it will be 69 patterns.

I will have you all speaking English within a year.

Sub + verb + noun/pro + present participle, it is one of the patterns among 69.

is to
am to
are to , it is one of the patterns.

Answer to Mr. Minhajquazi.

According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
1.every is a determiner = all the members of a group
-every student
-every word
-every minute
-every dead body (was identified)

  1. means all possible
    I wish you every success

3.used to say how often sth happen or is done
-The bus goes every 10 minutes

BUT:
everybody( (pronoun) = everyone ( it is written as one word)

-Everybody knows Tom.
-Have you asked everybody?
-Didn’t you like it? Everybody else did.
-Sorry everybody…

I hope that we agree in that the above forms are inflected forms of the auxiliary verb u be to[/u].

more example in inflected forms:

He is to be pities.
It is to be desired that everybody know the healthy life style.
It is to be feared that women and children be/are among the victims.
How sorry I am to disturb you.
I am to go.

We are to make to London next morning.

Take care:
Kati Svaby

Yes, kati, you are 100% right.

I occasionally do wrong but it happens much when my browser doesn’t work like now.

This difference is very much important that I learned two years ago at odesk
vocabulary test. I scored only 3.60 out of 5. My time is very much constrain but
my zeal in English language drives me to do so!

like:That/which
Amiable/Amicable
Epidemic/Endemic/Pandemic
Censor/Censer
Latter/Later
Everyday/Every day

etc--------

a lot of we must make us acquainted with them too!

Hello Minhajquazi,

I am happy that we agree. “To err is human” (of latin origine) or “The horse has four legs, still the stumbles” -a Hungarian proverb.

Otherwise, these helping verbs …

used to cause me problems, that’s why I answered Axmed’s question.

Take care:
Kati Svaby

really i understand very well thank u my friend