Timeline for Does the verb need "to" in this sentence? [duplicate]
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| Jul 11, 2018 at 11:04 | comment | added | Sasan | @Mari-LouA Isn't "all that can do" equivalent to "all it can do"? The upvotes are because the question is interesting and challenging. It is answered elsewhere, but not everybody coming across the question knows of the similar questions, so they upvote. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 7:57 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | I believe you are mistaken, in your example "that" is used to form a relative clause see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That The phrase "All that ???" is the subject. You need to say who or what in place of the question marks. Why this question has 2 upvotes is a bit of mystery to me. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 7:37 | comment | added | Sasan | @Mari-LouA The subject is "that". | |
| Jul 8, 2018 at 6:12 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | All that can do is [to] make us disappointed That does not make sense. What or who is the subject? All that ??? can do… | |
| Jul 7, 2018 at 15:06 | history | closed | user230 | Duplicate of The easiest thing to do is [to] call for a taxi | |
| Jul 7, 2018 at 12:53 | comment | added | stangdon | It looks like the version without to has been gaining in popularity, and the version with to has been losing popularity, for about 100 years: books.google.com/ngrams/… | |
| Jul 7, 2018 at 12:48 | answer | added | Stella | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 7, 2018 at 12:31 | history | asked | Sasan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |