to

to
to
1. For the type to really love, see split infinitive.
2. In AmE, to is beginning to be used as an alternative for of to denote possession or (in particular) human relationship:

• He's married and the father to a son —Chicago Tribune, 1989

• Maya plays surrogate mother to her three sullen siblings —film website, AmE 2004 [OEC].


Modern English usage. 2014.

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