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Old 08-Apr-2005, 18:10
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Default Re: Q about the usage of " more than?"

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Originally Posted by paula
hello,

I don't quite get it? You said "infinitive construct" isn't that "to +V?"
But here the sentence is not like this?

1. He has done more than write successful novels.
2. He has done mroe than writing successful novles.
3. He has done more than written successful novels.

To be more sepecifically, which of the above sentence is correct? and which is not correct?

confused Paula
#3 does not sound right.
It does take an infinitive form of the verb = the basic, unconjugated form without the preposition "to".
You asked me about #1 before. Since you brought up #2, it is a correct form as well.
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