Re: Usage of "from...to..."

"Robert Lieblich" <r_s_lieblich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Stephen Calder wrote:
>>
>> Roy wrote:
>>
>> > I came across this sentence today:
>> > "With that money, they bought a computer-training company and five
>> > radio stations and researched deals in a half dozen other 
>> > directions,
>> > from food distribution to video production to bus-stop 
>> > advertising."
>> >
>> > My question is, is the "from...to...to..." subclause a valid usage? 
>> > I
>> > thought only "from...to..." is valid. Forgive me if it's too simple 
>> > a
>> > question.
>

>
> What I find interesting is the "from" that requires a following "to"
> that never comes.  This example is invented, but it's typical: "The
> restaurant offers a wide range of main courses, from beef, pork, lamb,
> chicken, fish, and vegetarian."  It's like walking into a glass door
> panel you didn't see.  I spotted one like this just the other day (in
> the Washington Post, I think), but I don't recall it with enough
> specificity to turn it up again.
>
I agree.  For me your example is almost (but not quite) as bad as "as 
far as" without the "is concerned".

I wonder if there is a word for the halved minimum pair ("from"  without 
"to". . .) or lost comparative.  Something like 
multiplier/multiplicand--or is that a halfactor?


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