Hi.
I'm a student who is learning English.
While I'm reading a text from Reader's Digest,
I got a question.
In this text, can you tell me what does this sentence 'had just become probably the first naval officer to qualify for...' mean?
By the time Dazel-Job walked into Commander Ian Fleming's Admiralty office one day in 1944 looking for a new assignment, he had already seen service as a seaman, commando, submariner and spy, and had just become probably the first naval officer to qualify for army parachute wings.
Does that sentence mean 'He was probably the first naval officer who was qualified for army parachute wings'?
If this translation is correct, why does 'to infinitive' appeared in that sentence?
2007-12-21
13:16:49
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