作者EvenStar (我真的不是阿宅)
看板EngTalk
標題Help!
時間Mon Aug 6 17:52:44 2007
Can someone tell me if the following sentences are incorrect?
1.The only thing I can do is sing.
2.The only thing I can do is singing.
I'm not sure which is better.
please help me.
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1F：推 Murphy0902:I think 2. is a right sentence. Or you can say 08/06 18:28
2F：→ Murphy0902:*The only thing I can do is to sing.* 08/06 18:29
3F：推 karatefish:2nd one~ 08/06 20:46
4F：推 ping0519:2nd one. 08/07 10:33
5F：推 army:how come I think 1. is correct? ~_~ 08/07 21:15
6F：推 sophiaky:both are right... and both are good in my opinion 08/07 23:32
7F：推 babbitt1007:i think 1. as well... 08/08 10:28
8F：推 Ninomiya0521:I agree 1 too 08/08 23:35
9F：→ Cloudette: 1. ^^ 08/09 02:57
10F：推 Qyuna:2 08/10 14:14
11F：→ WoodyJones:2 verbs can't be put together without a conj. 08/10 14:33
12F：→ WoodyJones:but about the 1st one,"is to sing" to was omitted 08/10 14:37
13F：→ WoodyJones:however, people omit "to" when the verb after "is" 08/10 14:39
14F：→ WoodyJones:is followed with objectives 08/10 14:40
15F：→ WoodyJones:thus, the 2nd one is better 08/10 14:41
16F：推 walkingX:2... 08/12 01:41
17F：推 kaja:I think both are correct. it really depends on the meanin 08/12 04:38
18F：→ kaja:singing / sing could be a verb-noun 08/12 04:39
19F：→ inl:2 ^^ 08/13 11:29
20F：推 colason30:hmm. the second one is correct. 08/16 02:51
21F：推 cctina:1. ^^ 08/29 02:50