gerund and noun applications
This sentence below is extracted from vocabulary for IELTS book (recording scripts part).
- But nowadays all we seem to do is argue and that causes a lot of conflict between us.
Why she's saying argue? Shouldn't it be arguing or argument? And why conflict is not plural?
grammar nouns gerunds
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This sentence below is extracted from vocabulary for IELTS book (recording scripts part).
- But nowadays all we seem to do is argue and that causes a lot of conflict between us.
Why she's saying argue? Shouldn't it be arguing or argument? And why conflict is not plural?
grammar nouns gerunds
edited 19 mins ago
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I've edited your question to restrict it on one sentence. If you also want to ask about the other sentence you should do so in a separate question. This avoids the question being "too broad".
– James K
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This sentence below is extracted from vocabulary for IELTS book (recording scripts part).
- But nowadays all we seem to do is argue and that causes a lot of conflict between us.
Why she's saying argue? Shouldn't it be arguing or argument? And why conflict is not plural?
grammar nouns gerunds
edited 19 mins ago
James K
38.1k13997
asked 1 hour ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
256
This sentence below is extracted from vocabulary for IELTS book (recording scripts part).
- But nowadays all we seem to do is argue and that causes a lot of conflict between us.
Why she's saying argue? Shouldn't it be arguing or argument? And why conflict is not plural?
grammar nouns gerunds
grammar nouns gerunds
edited 19 mins ago
James K
38.1k13997
asked 1 hour ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
256
edited 19 mins ago
James K
38.1k13997
asked 1 hour ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
256
edited 19 mins ago
James K
38.1k13997
edited 19 mins ago
James K
38.1k13997
edited 19 mins ago
James K
38.1k13997
38.1k13997
asked 1 hour ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
256
asked 1 hour ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
256
asked 1 hour ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
256
256
I've edited your question to restrict it on one sentence. If you also want to ask about the other sentence you should do so in a separate question. This avoids the question being "too broad".
– James K
25 mins ago
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I've edited your question to restrict it on one sentence. If you also want to ask about the other sentence you should do so in a separate question. This avoids the question being "too broad".
– James K
25 mins ago
I've edited your question to restrict it on one sentence. If you also want to ask about the other sentence you should do so in a separate question. This avoids the question being "too broad".
– James K
25 mins ago
I've edited your question to restrict it on one sentence. If you also want to ask about the other sentence you should do so in a separate question. This avoids the question being "too broad".
– James K
25 mins ago
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The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
The structure is subject-verb-complement. The complement is a bare infinitive (without "to"). Your example is more complex as the subject is "All we seem to do", but the bare infinitive is just "argue".
"Conflict" is not plural as it is used as a non-count noun: "How much conflict?"
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The example is correct. "argue" here is a verb. In "All we seem to do is argue" "argue" is the action that they take. It could be reworded as "we are always arguing" where "are" is the verb, and "arguing" is a gerund.
In "that causes a lot of conflict between us" "conflict" is indicating a state, a continuing condition, rather than a distinct action. It could be reworded as "That causes many conflicts between us" referring to many distinct, individual conflicts. In this case the meaning is not much changed.
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In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
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The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
The structure is subject-verb-complement. The complement is a bare infinitive (without "to"). Your example is more complex as the subject is "All we seem to do", but the bare infinitive is just "argue".
"Conflict" is not plural as it is used as a non-count noun: "How much conflict?"
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The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
The structure is subject-verb-complement. The complement is a bare infinitive (without "to"). Your example is more complex as the subject is "All we seem to do", but the bare infinitive is just "argue".
"Conflict" is not plural as it is used as a non-count noun: "How much conflict?"
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James KJames K
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The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
The structure is subject-verb-complement. The complement is a bare infinitive (without "to"). Your example is more complex as the subject is "All we seem to do", but the bare infinitive is just "argue".
"Conflict" is not plural as it is used as a non-count noun: "How much conflict?"
answered 18 mins ago
James KJames K
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The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
The structure is subject-verb-complement. The complement is a bare infinitive (without "to"). Your example is more complex as the subject is "All we seem to do", but the bare infinitive is just "argue".
"Conflict" is not plural as it is used as a non-count noun: "How much conflict?"
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The example is correct. "argue" here is a verb. In "All we seem to do is argue" "argue" is the action that they take. It could be reworded as "we are always arguing" where "are" is the verb, and "arguing" is a gerund.
In "that causes a lot of conflict between us" "conflict" is indicating a state, a continuing condition, rather than a distinct action. It could be reworded as "That causes many conflicts between us" referring to many distinct, individual conflicts. In this case the meaning is not much changed.
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In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
6 mins ago
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The example is correct. "argue" here is a verb. In "All we seem to do is argue" "argue" is the action that they take. It could be reworded as "we are always arguing" where "are" is the verb, and "arguing" is a gerund.
In "that causes a lot of conflict between us" "conflict" is indicating a state, a continuing condition, rather than a distinct action. It could be reworded as "That causes many conflicts between us" referring to many distinct, individual conflicts. In this case the meaning is not much changed.
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In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
6 mins ago
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The example is correct. "argue" here is a verb. In "All we seem to do is argue" "argue" is the action that they take. It could be reworded as "we are always arguing" where "are" is the verb, and "arguing" is a gerund.
In "that causes a lot of conflict between us" "conflict" is indicating a state, a continuing condition, rather than a distinct action. It could be reworded as "That causes many conflicts between us" referring to many distinct, individual conflicts. In this case the meaning is not much changed.
answered 18 mins ago
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The example is correct. "argue" here is a verb. In "All we seem to do is argue" "argue" is the action that they take. It could be reworded as "we are always arguing" where "are" is the verb, and "arguing" is a gerund.
In "that causes a lot of conflict between us" "conflict" is indicating a state, a continuing condition, rather than a distinct action. It could be reworded as "That causes many conflicts between us" referring to many distinct, individual conflicts. In this case the meaning is not much changed.
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In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
6 mins ago
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In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
6 mins ago
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
11 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
6 mins ago
@amir rezvanfar : One would NOT say "all i want to do is walking." One coudl say "All I want to do is walk" or "I want to go walking". The first is verb-complement,(is - walk) the 2nd is verb-gerund (go - walking)
– David Siegel
6 mins ago
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I've edited your question to restrict it on one sentence. If you also want to ask about the other sentence you should do so in a separate question. This avoids the question being "too broad".
– James K
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