P pandakiwi New member Joined May 26, 2015 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location New Zealand May 26, 2015 #1 Hi Can I say " All I want is kiss you ?" or should I say " I want to kiss you" Which one is the right one for grammar? Thanks
Hi Can I say " All I want is kiss you ?" or should I say " I want to kiss you" Which one is the right one for grammar? Thanks
Skrej VIP Member Joined May 11, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 26, 2015 #2 'I want to kiss you' is grammatically correct. You could modify the first sentence to say "All I want is to kiss you". This indicates a stronger desire for the kiss.
'I want to kiss you' is grammatically correct. You could modify the first sentence to say "All I want is to kiss you". This indicates a stronger desire for the kiss.
Amigos4 VIP Member Joined Oct 1, 2007 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 26, 2015 #3 Welcome to the forum, pandakiwi! :hi:
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK May 26, 2015 #4 pandakiwi said: Hi. Can I say "All I want is kiss you" or should I say "I want to kiss you"? Which one is grammatically correct? [strike]the right one for grammar?[/strike] Thanks. Click to expand... Welcome to the forum. :hi: Note my corrections to your post above, in red. Don't leave a space after opening quotation marks. You must end every sentence with a single, appropriate punctuation mark. You can also say "All I want to do is kiss you".
pandakiwi said: Hi. Can I say "All I want is kiss you" or should I say "I want to kiss you"? Which one is grammatically correct? [strike]the right one for grammar?[/strike] Thanks. Click to expand... Welcome to the forum. :hi: Note my corrections to your post above, in red. Don't leave a space after opening quotation marks. You must end every sentence with a single, appropriate punctuation mark. You can also say "All I want to do is kiss you".
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China May 26, 2015 #5 I think it is grammatical to say 'All I want is kissing you', but I am not a teacher.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK May 26, 2015 #6 You are wrong. That is not a grammatical sentence.
T tedmc VIP Member Joined Apr 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Chinese Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia May 26, 2015 #7 All I want is kissing you. Click to expand... It does not sound natural but why is it wrong to replace the infinitive with a gerund here?
All I want is kissing you. Click to expand... It does not sound natural but why is it wrong to replace the infinitive with a gerund here?
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China May 26, 2015 #8 emsr2d2 said: You are wrong. That is not a grammatical sentence. Click to expand... 'To kiss' acts as a noun and 'kissing' as a gerund is also a noun. Why is the former but not the latter grammatical in the OP's sentence? emsr2d2 said: You can also say "All I want to do is kiss you". Click to expand... Why can 'to' be omitted before 'kiss'? Last edited: May 26, 2015
emsr2d2 said: You are wrong. That is not a grammatical sentence. Click to expand... 'To kiss' acts as a noun and 'kissing' as a gerund is also a noun. Why is the former but not the latter grammatical in the OP's sentence? emsr2d2 said: You can also say "All I want to do is kiss you". Click to expand... Why can 'to' be omitted before 'kiss'?