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Glee Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
*Base form of verbs after "do"
0 Thanks for taking time to read this. 02 br
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00 I've learned that it is required that we use base forms of verbs in these situations: 02 br
00 (1) The only thing he did yesterday was SLEEP. 02 br
00 (2) There's nothing else to do but LEAVE. 02 br
00 (3) She did nothing but CRY. 02 br
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00 And I came across the sentence today: 02 br
00 (4) The earthquake did more than DEVASTATE the country. 02 br
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00 So, my question is, can I make a sentence in which base forms of verbs follow "do" and "as much as?" For example, 02 br
00 (5) He was so devoted to the cause that he did as much as DONATE all his money to it. 02 br
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00 Help appreciated in advance. 0-
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00 I've learned that it is required that we use base forms of verbs in these situations: 02 br
00 (1) The only thing he did yesterday was SLEEP. 02 br
00 (2) There's nothing else to do but LEAVE. 02 br
00 (3) She did nothing but CRY. 02 br
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00 And I came across the sentence today: 02 br
00 (4) The earthquake did more than DEVASTATE the country. 02 br
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00 So, my question is, can I make a sentence in which base forms of verbs follow "do" and "as much as?" For example, 02 br
00 (5) He was so devoted to the cause that he did as much as DONATE all his money to it. 02 br
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00 Help appreciated in advance. 0-
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0 Seems OK to me, Glee. ' 02 br 02 br 00 Still, it would be better as 'she no more than glanced', in that case at least. 02 br 0-
- 0 Seems OK to me, Glee.
- ' 02 br 02 br 00 Still, it would be better as 'she no more than glanced', in that case at least.
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0 Seems OK to me, Glee. Same with 'more/less than': 02 br
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00 'She did no more than glance at me, and I fell in ****.' 02 br
00 'I could not do less than follow her to the ends of the earth.' 02 br
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00 Still, it would be better as 'she no more than glanced', in that case at least. 02 br
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00 'She did no more than glance at me, and I fell in ****.' 02 br
00 'I could not do less than follow her to the ends of the earth.' 02 br
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00 Still, it would be better as 'she no more than glanced', in that case at least. 02 br
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0 Thanks Mister Micawber. 02 br
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00 How about: 02 br
00 (6) What he did was anything but betray his own beliefs. 0-
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00 How about: 02 br
00 (6) What he did was anything but betray his own beliefs. 0-
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0 'What' means 'anything', so it sounds a little awkward; 'he did anything but betray' sounds fine. 02 br
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00 If you want to pursue this, it might be wise for me to leave the thread and let another mod offer an opinion on some of these. You're just getting one viewpoint. 0-
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00 If you want to pursue this, it might be wise for me to leave the thread and let another mod offer an opinion on some of these. You're just getting one viewpoint. 0-
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0 I see. Actually I find the sentence awkward too. It could be grammatically incorrect really. 02 br
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00 I was only attempting to use base forms of verbs after the phrase "anything but," meaning "far from," as in "The way I see it, this is ANYTHING BUT a problem of morality."--meaning, it's not a problem of morality. 02 br
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00 I've rephrased the sente
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00 I was only attempting to use base forms of verbs after the phrase "anything but," meaning "far from," as in "The way I see it, this is ANYTHING BUT a problem of morality."--meaning, it's not a problem of morality. 02 br
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00 I've rephrased the sente
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