Sunday, October 9, 2016

grammar - be + to + verb and be + verb



What's the difference between the following sentences?





All I wanted was + to + break your walls



All you ever did was + wreck me




One of them with to but the other one without to.



And Could we add to to the second sentence?





All you ever did was + (to) + wreck me



Answer



The difference is that the first uses "wanted", which takes a to-infinitive, not a bare infinitive.



The second uses "did", which takes a bare infinitive.



Having said that, "to" is possible in the second example, and I'm not sure why.


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