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When to use the ‘to’ infinitive correctly in a sentence

Towards the end of a discourse that many people might have followed, on a local television station last Saturday, the anchor said; “Let’s put this matter to bed rest”.

That takes us back to last week’s column that took a look at some idiomatic expressions that have been corrupted to a point where their original meanings are lost. The emphasis then was; use idioms in their original forms.

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