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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"look for" or "to look for"
Which of these sentences is correct, and why?
1) "The first thing I would do is to look for shelter."
2) "The first thing I would do is look for shelter."
Thank you for your help,
-JL
1) "The first thing I would do is to look for shelter."
2) "The first thing I would do is look for shelter."
Thank you for your help,
-JL
Top answer
The second is correct, not the first. Here the parallelism does not support the full infinitive in the predicate: The first thing I would do is (that I would) look for work . In other formations, both forms would be fine: The first thing I wanted to do was ( to ) look for work .
- The second is correct, not the first.
- Here the parallelism does not support the full infinitive in the predicate: The first thing I would do is (that I would) look for work .
- In other formations, both forms would be fine: The first thing I wanted to do was ( to ) look for work .
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The second is correct, not the first. Here the parallelism does not support the full infinitive in the predicate: The first thing I would do is (that I would) look for work.
In other formations, both forms would be fine:
The first thing I wanted to do was (to) look for work.
In other formations, both forms would be fine:
The first thing I wanted to do was (to) look for work.
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