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
edited 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
add a comment |
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 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
1
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
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
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 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
edited 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
edited 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
edited 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
edited 3 hours ago
James K
38.2k13997
38.2k13997
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
asked 4 hours ago
amir rezvanfaramir rezvanfar
307
307
1
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
4 hours ago
add a comment |
1
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
4 hours ago
1
1
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
4 hours 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
4 hours ago
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
What you have to do is be happy
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 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours 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
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "481"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f201020%2fgerund-and-noun-applications%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
What you have to do is be happy
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 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
What you have to do is be happy
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 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
What you have to do is be happy
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 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
The verb "argue" is correct. Similar structures exist:
What she does is play tennis.
All I do is miss you.
What you have to do is be happy
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 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
edited 3 hours ago
answered 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
answered 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
answered 3 hours ago
James KJames K
38.2k13997
38.2k13997
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
Would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
It doesn't seem to be very common, and I can't find a specific site about it. The middle example is taken from a song "Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet". I've added a third example which shows that this is a bare infinitive, and not simple present.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours 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
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
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 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours 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
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
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 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
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 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
answered 3 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
3766
3766
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
David Siegel is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours 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
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours 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
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
In this case what do you say? when I go to beach all I want to do is walk/walking?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours 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
3 hours 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
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
would you please introduce a site regarding this structure to me , I want to know more of it.
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
I will try to think of one.
– David Siegel
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
Thanks, last question, could it be argument instead?
– amir rezvanfar
3 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language Learners Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f201020%2fgerund-and-noun-applications%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
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
4 hours ago