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Tue 17 Mar, 2009 10:51 pm
please clarify this for me.
What I want you to do is/are ..........
Here which one is correct either is or are?
Regards
Madhu
@mcadhu,
Can you please tag your topics? See how I've put English and grammar in as the tags? You can tag either when creating the topic or later. It makes it a lot easier for people to find your topics.
Thank you!
@babsatamelia,
babsatamelia wrote:
What I want you to do IS bring me a cup of coffee is fine BUT the second, for example; What I want you to do ARE; in this order, get my coffee, bring me the paper & close the door on your way out, is improper and incorrect grammer. Furthermore the entire statement can be so much more succinctly & simply put as follows: I want you to get me a cup of coffee - OR - I want you to get me some coffee, the newspaper, and a donut. Or - I want you to drop off my dry cleaning. This is infinetely simpler than saying "What I want you to do is OR what I want you to do ARE" (and the use of ARE isn't correct grammatically)
Very good. You applied my favorite rule: "Omit unnecessary words."
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