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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is a preposition necessary?

Is a preposition necessary in this sentence?

"What I will be doing next is [to] prepare our dinner."

or should it be;

"What I will be doing next is preparing our dinner."
"What I will be doing next is that I wil be preparing our dinner."
  

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It should be 'What I will be doing next is preparing our dinner'.

— Rover_KE

  • It should be 'What I will be doing next is preparing our dinner'.
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It should be

'What I will be doing next is preparing our dinner'.
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AnonymousIs a preposition necessary in this sentence?"What I will be doing next is [to] prepare our dinner."
To is not a preposition here. It's the infinitive particle. In my opinion both prepare and to prepare are correct.

CB
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