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Red train 520 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
A Little Grammar Question
I got fired from the calendar factory and all I did was take a day off.
I read one sentence from the textbook. Please explain why was and did together in one sentence.
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[all I did] was [take a day off]. It's an equative clause. This = that.
- [all I did] was [take a day off].
- It's an equative clause.
- This = that.
- This was that.
- [The only thing that I did] was [ take a day off ].
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[all I did] was [take a day off].
It's an equative clause. This = that. This was that.
[The only thing that I did] was [ take a day off ].
Does it make more sense now?
CJ
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