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Habibaelgindy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Do I omit the to?
I can't decide whether to invite my friends over or (to) eat at a nice restaurant.
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No, do not omit the ‘to’. “To eat” is the infinitive form of the verb “eat”. The sentence contains “to invite”, which is being compared with “to eat”.
- No, do not omit the ‘to’.
- “To eat” is the infinitive form of the verb “eat”.
- The sentence contains “to invite”, which is being compared with “to eat”.
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No, do not omit the ‘to’. “To eat” is the infinitive form of the verb “eat”. The sentence contains “to invite”, which is being compared with “to eat”.
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AnonymousMy (native) ear tells me it’s optional.Try reversing the order and decide:
“I can’t decide whether to eat at a nice restaurant or (to) invite my friends over.”
I suppose it would depend in what region your ear is native to. Mine is Canadian.
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It just depends on wnether you think of it as
whether [to A] or [to B]
or as
whether to [A] or .
In this post, I had some options of how I repeated of the phrasing that followed "whether" as well.
I could have repeated all of "you think of it as" instead of just the "as."
Whether is pretty flexible as long as the parts that follow are parallel at s
whether [to A] or [to B]
or as
whether to [A] or .
In this post, I had some options of how I repeated of the phrasing that followed "whether" as well.
I could have repeated all of "you think of it as" instead of just the "as."
Whether is pretty flexible as long as the parts that follow are parallel at s
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BarbaraPAWhether is pretty flexible as long as the parts that follow are parallel at some point.It isn’t a matter of whether being flexible. It’s often not necessary to repeat to in a coordination of infinitival constructions.
I don’t want to eat or (to) drink. (unlikely here)
I go to the gym in order to keep fit and (to)
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