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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: do or not do #149764 11/03/05 11:20 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 TEd's got it right about the use of use with a periphrastic do. The use in this case is the infinitive (no, it doesn't need to to be infinitive) and is not modified for person, number, or tense. That's all carried by the do. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted use to vs. used to tsuwm 11/02/05 09:21 PM Re: use to vs. used to TEd Remington 11/02/05 11:23 PM Re: use to vs. used to tsuwm 11/02/05 11:46 PM Re: use to vs. used to Buffalo Shrdlu 11/03/05 01:32 AM do or not do wsieber 11/03/05 06:51 AM Re: do or not do TEd Remington 11/03/05 10:08 AM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/03/05 11:20 AM Re: do or not do Jackie 11/03/05 01:44 PM Re: do or not do inselpeter 11/03/05 01:57 PM Re: do or not do wsieber 11/03/05 02:30 PM Re: do or not do TEd Remington 11/03/05 03:19 PM Re: do or not do Marianna 11/03/05 05:30 PM Re: do or not do inselpeter 11/03/05 08:06 PM Re: do or not do Marianna 11/03/05 08:26 PM Re: do or not do inselpeter 11/03/05 09:13 PM Re: do or not do Bingley 11/11/05 04:03 AM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/11/05 11:19 AM Re: do or not do Marianna 11/11/05 06:11 PM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/11/05 10:35 PM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/03/05 11:15 PM Re: do or not do TEd Remington 11/03/05 11:42 PM Re: do or not do WhitmanO'Neill 11/04/05 12:08 AM Re: do or not do inselpeter 11/04/05 03:27 AM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/04/05 10:56 AM Re: do or not do inselpeter 11/04/05 11:34 AM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/04/05 11:44 AM Re: do or not do inselpeter 11/04/05 01:32 PM Re: do or not do TEd Remington 11/04/05 01:40 PM Re: do or not do Buffalo Shrdlu 11/04/05 01:59 PM Re: do or not do Faldage 11/05/05 09:05 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,994 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 941 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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