Busca entre varios profesores de Inglés...
amir.parsi
"All he does is sitting" or "... is sit"
Which sentence is more appropriate:
1) All he does is sitting on his chair and watching TV.
2) All he does is sit on his chair and watch TV.
21 de ene. de 2013 8:47
Respuestas · 7
3
All he does is sit on his chair and watch TV is correct. It means he does nothing else but sit and watch TV.
I would say that sit and do are bare infinitives [without to] and in this construction an infinitive is required not a Gerund or present participle.
One more thing: in a chair or on a chair. I would probably expect in a chair here because he is watching television and he is probably sitting in an armchair. However, if, indeed, he is sitting on a wooden chair at a table, then on a chair would definitely be correct.
21 de enero de 2013
1
does - sit
is doing - is sitting
So you keep the patterns consistent:
- All he does is sit in his chair and watch TV.
- All he's doing is sitting in his chair and watching TV.
21 de enero de 2013
All he does is sitting on his chair and watching TV.
"is" is a verb and "sit" is a verb too.There can`t have two predicate verbs in a sentence.So I think "sit" should be changed into sitting.
21 de enero de 2013
I'm really impressed. I knew this site was helpful. Now I see it's the location of such good friends :)
Thanks everybody.
21 de enero de 2013
¿No has encontrado las respuestas?
¡Escribe tus preguntas y deja que los hablantes nativos te ayuden!
amir.parsi
Competencias lingüísticas
Árabe, Inglés, Persa (farsi)
Idioma de aprendizaje
Árabe, Inglés
Artículos que podrían gustarte

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
22 votos positivos · 17 Comentarios

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
17 votos positivos · 12 Comentarios

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
14 votos positivos · 6 Comentarios
Más artículos
