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HoangNha Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Three continuity verbs in a sentence?

Hello there!
I have read an article on internet. There is a sentence that has three continuity verbs. I want to know the below sentence is correct or not.

"The first thing we do is create..." (do + is + create)

Can anyone explains to me. Thank in advance!

HNha.
  

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HoangNha There is a sentence that has three continuity verbs. There is a sentence that has three verbs in a row . Yes, it's correct.

  • HoangNha There is a sentence that has three continuity verbs.
  • There is a sentence that has three verbs in a row .
  • Yes, it's correct.
  • [ The first thing (that) we do ] is [ (to) create ...
  • ].
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HoangNhaThere is a sentence that has three continuity verbs.
There is a sentence that has three verbs in a row.

Yes, it's correct.

[ The first thing (that) we do ] is [ (to) create ... ].

We create ... first. That is the first thing that we do. It is the first thing (and we do that thing).

CJ
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The first thing (that )we must do is create ...
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CJ. Thank you so much! Emotion: yes

HNha.

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