Grammar Question

[JanetRose]

he had the intend to finish

or

he had the intent to finish

..thanks..

 

[bballmom56]

intent. How about "he intended to finish"?

 

[raysnkaysmom]

intent

 

[WDWBarb]

he had the intend to finish

or

he had the intent to finish

..thanks..

"He had the intention to finish...."

or

"He indended to finish."

I think?

 

[Liberty Belle]

He had the intent to finish. Or...He intended to finish.

 

[Magic Mom]

He had the intent to finish. Or...He intended to finish.

I agree, and i think the difference in these two is the strength of the resolve. Intended isn't as strong, it sounds like he just decided to finish. The "intent" sentence implies that he had a very strong resolve to finish.

 

[WDWBarb]

I agree, and i think the differnce in these two is the stregnth of the resolve. Intended isn't as strong, it sounds like he just decided to finish. The "intent" sentence implies that he had a very strong resolve to finish.

Yes! What Magic Mom said!!

 

[Sandy51]

Intend is a verb; intent is a noun.

I would use "He intended to finish."



Sandy

 

[klynn]

he had the intend to finish

or

he had the intent to finish

..thanks..

I think they are both incorrect.

 

[phamton]

I agree, and i think the difference in these two is the strength of the resolve. Intended isn't as strong, it sounds like he just decided to finish. The "intent" sentence implies that he had a very strong resolve to finish.

I agree. If I wanted to use the word "intent" because it seems stronger, I would probably word it this way: "His intent was to finish."

 

[Master Mason]

I agree, and i think the difference in these two is the strength of the resolve. Intended isn't as strong, it sounds like he just decided to finish. The "intent" sentence implies that he had a very strong resolve to finish.

I think you either could be used for strong or weak sense of resolve.

He had the intent to finish. Would mean that he had the intent, but not nessasarily the follow through. "I had the intent to finish the book, but didn't have the time." for example.

 

[Carly_Roach]

I think they are both incorrect.

No, both are not correct.

he had the intend to finish

He had the intent to finish. (kind of clumsy, but could work)
His intention is to finish. (better and grammatically correct)
His intention was to finish. (this works, too)
He intended to finish. (again, grammatically correct)

The difference is in the tense.

I intend (future) to go Christmas shopping. It was my intent (past) to get it done this weekend. If I don't get it all done this weekend, then I intend (future) to finish up next weekend. This is my intention (present).

 

[Master Mason]

No, both are not correct.



He had the intent to finish. (kind of clumsy, but could work)
His intention is to finish. (better and grammatically correct)
His intention was to finish. (this works, too)
He intended to finish. (again, grammatically correct)

The difference is in the tense.

I intend (future) to go Christmas shopping. It was my intent (past) to get it done this weekend. If I don't get it all done this weekend, then I intend (future) to finish up next weekend. This is my intention (present).

Intent can be past or future it is the modifier that makes it so.

It was my intent past
It is my intent future

 

[Magic Mom]

No, both are not correct.

No, you can't have an "intend." Intend isn't a noun; it is a verb.

"He had the intend to finish," is incorrect.

 

[Carly_Roach]

No, you can't have an "intend." Intend isn't a noun; it is a verb.

"He had the intend to finish," is incorrect.

That's what I said. The poster was saying that both sentences are correct and I disagreed with her.

Unless, of course (and I just noticed this) you are speaking of my double-negative where I said, "No, both are not correct" turning that sentence into a positive; meaning I think both are correct and I inadvertently cancelled out the negatives in the sentence I wrote.

However, reading the context of my post should have demonstrated that I was saying that both sentences are not correct. LOL!! I adore the English language and it's building blocks, although American English does present some challenges to those trying to learn it.

 

[Magic Mom]

That's what I said. The poster was saying that both sentences are correct and I disagreed with her.

Well, that's what I get for reading with my eyes closed!!!!!

 

[damo]

That's what I said. The poster was saying that both sentences are correct and I disagreed with her.

Unless of course (and I just noticed this) you are speaking of my double-negative where I said, "No, both are not correct" turning that sentence into a positive meaning I think both are correct and cancelling out the negatives in the sentence.

However, reading the context should have demonstrated that I was saying that both sentences are not correct. LOL!!

I think the poster was saying they were both incorrect.

 

[Carly_Roach]

I think we're all getting silly on egg-nog.

 

[Carly_Roach]

I think the poster was saying they were both incorrect.

I re-read her post and I think you are right; she was saying that both are incorrect:

he had the intend to finish

or

he had the intent to finish

To which I disagree again. "He had the intent to finish" is an acceptable sentence even though it leaves off what he had intended to finish and could be a bit clumsy. Ex:

Roy was running a marathon. He had a heart attack at the 20-mile mark and died unexpectedly. He had the intent to finish.

Now freshen up this nog for me, will ya sweetie?