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Air tile 224 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Do or doing or to do?
I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it.
Why here "do" is used instead of "to do" or "doing".
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air tile 224 I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it. Why here "do" is used Why is "do" used here instead of "to do" or "doing". That's a consequence of the grammar of the verb 'let'.
- air tile 224 I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it.
- Why here "do" is used Why is "do" used here instead of "to do" or "doing".
- That's a consequence of the grammar of the verb 'let'.
- let (someone) {verb} The verb in this pattern is in its plain form.
- The same pattern applies to the causative verbs 'make' and 'have'.
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air tile 224I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it.
Why here "do" is usedWhy is "do" used here instead of "to do" or "doing".
That's a consequence of the grammar of the verb 'let'.
let (someone) {verb}
The verb in this pattern is in its plain f
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