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Befan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

clause+to be+ ing or gerund??

I came across these kinds of sentences:
What i could do is...study or studying?
My hobbie is ..play or playing?
What i want is ...run or running?

Is there a rule to pick any of those??

Thank you in advance
  

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What I could do is study. My hobby is playing. What I want is to run .

  • What I could do is study.
  • My hobby is playing.
  • What I want is to run .
  • befan Is there a rule to pick any of those?
  • The choice should exhibit parallel structure: What I could do is study .
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What I could do is study.
My hobby is playing.
What I want is to run.
befanIs there a rule to pick any of those?
The choice should exhibit parallel structure:

What I could do is study.
My hobby (noun) is playing (noun).
What I want [to do] is to ru

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