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Supposedly this sentence means something like "It's never too late to start".
But from what I learned のに should mean "in order to". So I'd think the
sentence means "In order not to be too late we need to start". Is there some
grammatical explanation?
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grammar particle-の
I don't understand how のに　is used in this sentence 始めるのに遅すぎることはない。
In this case, の works as a noun, similarly to こと. Therefore, 始めるの means
"starting (something)" in this sentence. Divide the sentence as :
始めるの/に/遅すぎること/は/ない.
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