a. I told him to eat slowly if he wanted to.
b. I told him to eat slowly if he wanted to do it.
Is (b) grammatical?
I think (a) means
1. I told him to eat slowly if he wanted to eat slowly.
and (b) could mean
2. I told him to eat slowly if he wanted to eat.
or the same as (a).
In other words I think (b) is ambiguous.
Is that correct?
Many thanks
if he wanted to do it
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Re: if he wanted to do it
(B) is grammatical but unnatural.
We would say 'do so', not 'do it'.
We would say 'do so', not 'do it'.