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Ter Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

All I could do was cry / cried?

This is written in past tense, so should I use past tense here too?

All I could do was cry / cried.

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The base form of the verb is needed there, irrespective of the main tense. Therefore it must be "All I could do was cry ".

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  • The base form of the verb is needed there, irrespective of the main tense.
  • Therefore it must be "All I could do was cry ".
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The base form of the verb is needed there, irrespective of the main tense. Therefore it must be "All I could do was cry".
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