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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

All I wanted to do that night was paint.

Hi

Could you please help me with this?

(paint as a verb)

All I wanted to do that night was paint.

or

All I wanted to do that night was to paint.

Thanks,

Tom

PS: Do I need a comma after night?

  

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I would say: All I wanted to do that night was paint.

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  • I would say: All I wanted to do that night was paint.
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I would say:

All I wanted to do that night was paint.

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Mr. TomPS: Do I need a comma after night?

A comma between a verb and complement is incorrect.

The bare infinitive is the complement. The particle "to" is understood from the previous verb "to do."

The form is derived from the relative clause:

All that I thought about doing was painting. 
All I wanted to do that
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