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Allthewayanime Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct?

In a sentence like this, would both options be correct:

All I want to do for Christmas is (to) go skiing.
  

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Hi, All I want to do on *Christmas is go skiing. All I want to do on Christmas is to go skiing. Both are correct, but no doubt the infinitive marker is commonly omitted in such cases.

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  • Hi, All I want to do on *Christmas is go skiing.
  • All I want to do on Christmas is to go skiing.
  • Both are correct, but no doubt the infinitive marker is commonly omitted in such cases.
  • *Also: Christmas Day Regards
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Hi,
All I want to do on *Christmas is go skiing.
All I want to do on Christmas is to go skiing.

Both are correct, but no doubt the infinitive marker is commonly omitted in such cases.

*Also: Christmas Day

Regards
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Is there a rule why the 'to' is omitted?
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Hi,
Not that I am aware of. It is just more idiomatic when to is left out in that case.

Regards
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OK, one last thing: could the ing work instead of the bare infinitive?
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