In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically. Thus, it denotes or implies: (a) Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred. We ready are to try ...
Well, in Britain, from the ages of five to about eleven you start off at a primary school, and then from eleven to sixteen you go on to a secondary school or a comprehensive school and at sixteen you take GCSE examinations. After this, some children take vocational courses or even start...
there are different ways of forming verbs and verb phrases, from using words in an open class of lexical items (primary lexical verbs) to using a combination of nonverbal material (often a noun) and a verb with a rather general meaning ("become", "give", "do", "make") to form a ...