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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The only thing I like to do now is go swimming.

I am really confused with using which part of speech( infinitive/bare infinitive/noun/verb,gerund,..) in this kind of sentences. Could you please give me a help?

I think after the first sentence (I like doing something), we need a noun, so 'gerund' and 'infinitive' would be OK.

and

In the second sentence (I like to do) we need an action so need a verb, but this verb can be bare infinitive or infinitive.


Are all of these correct?I don't know which rule determines which part of speech have to be used.

Is it the verb like (like,want,remember,) or there is a fixed rule?


The only thing I like doing now is going/to go swimming.
The only thing I like to do now is go/to go swimming.

All I want is to study hard.

All I want is studying hard.

The only thing I like now is going/to go swimming.

All that I have to remember is that she is so dangerous.


  

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The second verb has to be in the same form as the first. The only thing I like doing now is going swimming. The only thing I like to do now is to go swimming.

— AlpheccaStars

  • The second verb has to be in the same form as the first.
  • The only thing I like doing now is going swimming.
  • The only thing I like to do now is to go swimming.
  • " "Like" can be followed by a gerund or infinitive.
  • org/wiki/Appendix:English_catenative_verbs All I want is to study hard.
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The second verb has to be in the same form as the first.

The only thing I like doing now is going swimming.  
The only thing I like to do now is to go swimming.

This follows the pattern after "like." "Like" can be followed by a gerund or infinitive. Find the verb "like" on this page which describes all the catenative

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