ANLA
I was watching the movie “Eat Pray Love” which let me confused. There was a line “ I feel so guilty. I’ve been in Rime for three weeks. All I have done is learn a few Italian words and eat.” Shouldn’t it like this? “ All I have done is to learn a few Italian words and eat.” Hope someone can give me an answer.🦋🦋
12 Thg 10 2022 05:50
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Strange as it may seem, it’s correct as written. Another example of the bare infinitive as a predicate nominative after “to be”: “The only thing to do is go forward.” If we put the verb in the subject position, then it’s the gerund as usual: Learning a few Italian words and eating is all I have done.” I’m afraid I can’t remember the name of the rule.
12 tháng 10 năm 2022
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Hi Anla! I am Antonio expert native italian teacher, I will be glad to help you to learn Italian! Book a lesson with me on italki and let's start 😎🇮🇹
15 tháng 10 năm 2022
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It is the case where the Infinitive is as a part of the Compound Nominal Predicate, the usual form is a bare infinitival ("be"), but "to" can optionally be added
12 tháng 10 năm 2022
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