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Nhật Bình Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Grammar structure

1. All I tried to do was make her understand the problem.

Is this sentence grammatical? If yes, why isn't 'to' put after 'was'?

2. Could you tell me the tag of 'would rather have + past participle'? Is it 'wouldn't' or 'didn't'?

  

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t Bình 1. All I tried to do was make her understand the problem. Is this sentence grammatical?

  • t Bình 1.
  • All I tried to do was make her understand the problem.
  • Is this sentence grammatical?
  • If yes, why isn't 'to' put after 'was'?
  • It's grammatical.
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Nh?t Bình

1. All I tried to do was make her understand the problem.

Is this sentence grammatical? If yes, why isn't 'to' put after 'was'?

It's grammatical. 'to' is optional in echoing 'do'. It is usually omitted.

Nh?t Bình2. Could you tell me the tag of 'would rather have + past participle'? Is it 'wou

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