Timeline for "only to be brought low..."
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 24, 2015 at 10:04 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | IMHO, the comma before only to ... is not mandatory, but it's probably reasonably used more often than not, to add the rhythm to the sentence. | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 10:00 | comment | added | Cardinal | @DamkerngT. Is the comma necessary in such sentences ? I don't see the comma in original sentence while your and TRomaon's examples uses comma. | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 9:46 | comment | added | Cardinal | @BrianHitchcock yes In my suggested sentence, the they refers to (these guys). Under this consideration, did I made a mistake in writing ? I mean, does the suggested sentence imply something different from what is my intent. | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 6:15 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | For the only part, ...only to do something: used for saying that what happens next is disappointing or unpleasant; I tore open the box, only to discover that some of the parts were missing. | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 5:50 | comment | added | Brian Hitchcock | Other answerers explained well about "brought low" and "only". I just want to point out that the sentence says the person is "brought low" whether they commit the act or a family member does. It doesn't say whether the family members might be "brought low" as well. So it doesn't mean, as you suggested, that only he would be "brought low". | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 5:44 | history | edited | Brian Hitchcock | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Changed Title to resemble Body. Added tag "Idiom-meaning".
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| Aug 23, 2015 at 19:44 | answer | added | Vlammuh | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 23, 2015 at 19:43 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 23, 2015 at 19:26 | history | asked | Cardinal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |