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mary88669
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hi there
I was choosing one worksheet to use in class when I found out this "
All I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep.
is that grammatically correct!
is not eating and sleeping
please help me.
thanks in advance. |
19 Mar 2011
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firstime
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I agree with elderberrywine, Mary. |
20 Mar 2011
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Mar0919
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Yes, Mary, it is correct.
Only if these actions were placed at the beginning of the sentence could they be written in the gerund form:
Eating and sleeping is all I do. |
20 Mar 2011
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sawer
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all i do is to eat and sleep,
this is the correct sentence that something reminds me the first it should be,
as everybody agrees with you, i think i was wrong :(( |
20 Mar 2011
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Jayho
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All I do is eat and sleep is perfectly correct, as is All I am doing is eating and sleeping
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20 Mar 2011
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Tere-arg
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I understand the gerund is used after the verb "to be":
My hobby is collecting stamps.
All I do is eating ...
or as sawer said "...is to eat..."
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20 Mar 2011
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Jayho
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Sometimes you do use the to infinitive but in this case you use the bare infinitive
�all I do is to eat and sleep� does not sound right and is not used by NSs.
But by the same token all I do is eating and sleeping does sound kind of ok too as does All I am doing is eating and sleeping
But most NSs (imho) will say all I do is + bare infinitive
EDIT: More here at BBC saying both work but imho this specific example is undoubtedly an exception
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20 Mar 2011
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yanogator
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I agree with Jayho. Bruce |
20 Mar 2011
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eng789
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It is correct and this ns would say it because they are repeated actions - so they need to be in Present Simple. Every day I wake, brush my teeth, comb my hair, eat breakfast.... |
20 Mar 2011
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mary88669
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THANKS TO EVERYBODY. NOW IT �S MORE CLEAR. |
20 Mar 2011
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