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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Infinitives vs Bare Infinitive

I have 3 questions about the following:

The only thing (that) my boss does at the office is (to) tell jokes.

1) is that optional or necessary?

2) is to optional or necessary?

3) can you explain why on number 2

  

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anonymous The only thing (that) my boss does at the office is (to) tell jokes. 1) is that optional or necessary? optional anonymous 2) is to optional or necessary?

— CalifJim

  • anonymous The only thing (that) my boss does at the office is (to) tell jokes.
  • 1) is that optional or necessary?
  • optional anonymous 2) is to optional or necessary?
  • optional anonymous 3) can you explain why on number 2 See the underlined verbs in the first quotation above.
  • You are "echoing" do there.
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anonymousThe only thing (that) my boss does at the office is (to) tell jokes.
1) is that optional or necessary?

optional

anonymous2) is to optional or necessary?

optional

anonymous3) can you explain why on number 2

See the underlined verbs in the first qu

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