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Davidpappas Posted 10 years ago
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Hello there!
I gather the following sentence is grammatically correct.
"What you should do is ask for help". Is it possible to clarify why we are not to say, " What you should do is to ask for help"?
In other words, why do we have to use a bare infinitive after "you should do"?
I gather the following sentence is grammatically correct.
"What you should do is ask for help". Is it possible to clarify why we are not to say, " What you should do is to ask for help"?
In other words, why do we have to use a bare infinitive after "you should do"?
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"What you should do is ask for help" Yes. davidpappas . Is it possible to clarify why we are not to say, " What you should do is to ask for help"?
- "What you should do is ask for help" Yes.
- davidpappas .
- Is it possible to clarify why we are not to say, " What you should do is to ask for help"?
- , no 'to'), and in your example, the two verbs must be in parallel: What you should do is [you should] ask for help
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davidpappasI gather the following sentence is grammatically correct."What you should do is ask for help"Yes.
davidpappas. Is it possible to clarify why we are not to say, " What you should do is to ask for help"?Because 'should' (and other modal verbs) take only the bare infinitive (i.e., no 'to'), and in your example, the
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