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J.R.
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In such a conversation, is the sentence with "*" wrong?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, to save their children, they didn't have any time.

Do you think that the part "to save their children" must be next to "any time" like in the following sentence?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, they didn't have any time to save their children.

I think that the first sentence can be told in order to emphasize the action "to save their children".

What do you think? Thank you very much.

In such a conversation, is the sentence with "*" wrong?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, to save their children, they didn't have any time.

Do you think that the part "to save their children" must be next to "any time" like in the following sentence?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, they didn't have any time to save their children.

I think that the first sentence can be told in order to emphasize the action "to save their children".

What do you think? Thank you very much.

In such a conversation, is the sentence with "*" wrong?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, to save their children, they didn't have any time.

Do you think that the part "to save their children" must be next to "any time" like in the following sentence?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, they didn't have any time to save their children.

I think that the first sentence can be told in order to emphasize the action "to save their children".

What do you think?

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Jawel7
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Do we have to use "to-infinitive" just after a noun?

In such a conversation, is the sentence with "*" wrong?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, to save their children, they didn't have any time.

Do you think that the part "to save their children" must be next to "any time" like in the following sentence?

Many people in Athens had time to get away from the fire, but, they didn't have any time to save their children.

I think that the first sentence can be told in order to emphasize the action "to save their children".

What do you think? Thank you very much.