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    Default omit 'to'

    Hello,

    1) All I want is provide for my children.

    2) The only thing I want to have is be able to protect you from him.

    3) All I will do is leave here.

    Could you please tell me whether we can omit 'to' or not?

    Thank you...

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    Default Re: omit 'to'

    Quote Originally Posted by aysaa View Post
    Hello,

    1) All I want is provide for my children.
    No.

    2) The only thing I want to have is be able to protect you from him.
    No (and the sentence is not grammatically correct in other ways).

    3) All I will do is leave here.
    This is OK.

    Could you please tell me whether we can omit 'to' or not?

    Thank you...
    See above.
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