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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Grammar--'to do'
They called me to say the same thing as Fred did.
Can we use 'to do' to avoid repeating an infinitive, or does the above incorrectly use did to refer to 'called'?
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Can we use 'to do' to avoid repeating an infinitive, or does the above incorrectly use did to refer to 'called'?
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English 1b3 Can we use [a form of] 'to do' to avoid repeating an infinitive, or does the above incorrectly use did to refer to 'called'? Yes. The "did" means "said", not "called".
- English 1b3 Can we use [a form of] 'to do' to avoid repeating an infinitive, or does the above incorrectly use did to refer to 'called'?
- Yes.
- The "did" means "said", not "called".
- CJ
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English 1b3Can we use [a form of] 'to do' to avoid repeating an infinitive, or does the above incorrectly use did to refer to 'called'?Yes. The "did" means "said", not "called".
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