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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

i want to know why

I've seen some sentences.

All you need is love. love is a noun here.
All you can do is pray. why do we use a verb instead of gerund or noun
  

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Anonymous All you need is love. love is a noun here. You are correct.

  • Anonymous All you need is love.
  • love is a noun here.
  • You are correct.
  • All you can do is (you can) pray.
  • This sentence is a little complicated.
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AnonymousAll you need is love. love is a noun here.
You are correct.

All you can do is (you can) pray.

This sentence is a little complicated.

The part in blue is the subject.
The main verb is "is."
The complement is the infinitive: pray
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You're great.Although i did some research , i didn't find the right answer.But i obsess with one more sentence.It is what i can do.What should i write after what i can do is.gerund , noun , to inf.
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AnonymousAll you need is love. love is a noun here.
Correct. Note also: All you need to do is love. love is a verb here.
AnonymousAll you can do is pray. Why do we use a verb instead of gerund or noun?
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I understand now.I mean , then we can use All we have to do is not die and i can say ''All i want is explaning.Am i correct?

and also i want to know another thing if u want to answer.What i have to is + gerund,noun,to,bare inf.What should i write there?
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AnonymousAll we have to do is not die.
OK.
AnonymousAll I want is explaining.
No. All I want to do is explain this. / All she is doing is explaining this.
AnonymousWhat i h

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