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Grammar

infinitive-gerund

01. All we need is 01i00to find02i00 a place to camp.02br
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002. All we need is 01i00finding02i00 a place to camp.02br
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003. All we need is 01i00find02i00 a place to camp.02br
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0 3 is wrong. One is the correct one but I am not sure of the second one. 0-

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0 3 is wrong. One is the correct one but I am not sure of the second one. 0-
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0 Only 1 is correct.02br
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00 After all such expressions use the full infinitive if you need a second verb and the verb in the first part takes the full infinitive.02br
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01i00All we need is to ...; All we needed was to ...; 02i00(We need to ...)01i02br
00 All he wants is to ...; All he wanted was to ...; 0
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0Thank you, Jim. Then02br
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01i00All we needed was to find a place to camp. (01del00finding02del00)/ 01del00find02del00)02i02br
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01i00All we needed to do was (to) find a place to camp. (01del00finding02del00)02i02br
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0 Yes. You have it exactly right!02br
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