User:Wavelength/About English/D-dropping
Present tense + to, as in they _____ to be: agree to, aim to, arrange to, cease to, dare to, fail to, hope to, hurry to, learn to, long to, love to, manage to, offer to, plan to, prepare to, seem to, try to, _______, venture to, wish to, yearn to
Past tense + to, as in they _____ to be: agreed to, aimed to, arranged to, ceased to, dared to, failed to, hoped to, hurried to, learned to, longed to, loved to, managed to, offered to, planned to, prepared to, seemed to, tried to, used to, ventured to, wished to, yearned to
Past participle + to, as in they have _____ to be: agreed to, aimed to, arranged to, ceased to, dared to, failed to, hoped to, hurried to, learned to, longed to, loved to, managed to, offered to, planned to, prepared to, seemed to, tried to, used to, ventured to, wished to, yearned to
Past participle + to, as in they were _____ to be:
- advised to, amazed to, authorized to, caused to, pleased to, poised to, raised to, supposed to, surprised to
- coaxed to, convinced to, distressed to, embarrassed to, enticed to, forced to, induced to, perplexed to, vexed to
- acknowledged to, alleged to, arranged to, discouraged to, encouraged (2) to, judged to, privileged to, urged to
- approved to, believed to, conceived to, moved to, observed to, perceived to, preserved to, reserved to
- alarmed to, ashamed to, assumed to, charmed to, claimed to, deemed to, named to, presumed to, primed to
- assigned to, commissioned to, conditioned to, designed to, frightened to, inclined to, resigned to, trained to, warned to
- appalled to, called to, compelled to, enabled to, enthralled to, puzzled to, revealed to, ruled to, thrilled to
- bewildered to, conjectured to, favo(u)red to, hono(u)red to, mentored to, ordered to, prepared to, pressured to
- abashed to, admonished to, astonished to, refreshed to; asked to, picked to; equipped to, helped to
- allowed to, annoyed to, decreed to, dismayed to, gratified to, guaranteed to, satisfied to, worried to
- beheld to, bound to, found to, heard to, held to, overheard to, paid to, sold to, told to
- (assisted to, delighted to, disappointed to, elated to, expected to, frustrated to, motivated to, predicted to, reported to)
- (aided to, astounded to, commanded to, educated to, offended to, persuaded to, prodded to, reminded to)
Three senses of used:
- They were used to study the weather.
- They used to study the weather.
- They were used to the weather.
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