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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Was get VS was to get

I saw that the best thing I could do was get hold of a dictionary.

I saw that the best thing I could do was to get hold of a dictionary.

I don't know if both are grammatically correct.

Is there no difference between the two?
  

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Hi moon7296, The correct sentence grammatically is the second ( was to get ). But the other one (was get ) isn't.

— Al-ghoul

  • Hi moon7296, The correct sentence grammatically is the second ( was to get ).
  • But the other one (was get ) isn't.
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Hi moon7296,

The correct sentence grammatically is the second ( was to get ). But the other one (was get ) isn't.
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moon7296I don't know if both are grammatically correct.
Is there no difference between the two?
You have a modified pseudo-cleft with do. The to of the infinitive is optional in this case, but not wrong. Therefore, both are correct. Both mean the same thing.

CJ
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