one/only way to do something is to do something?

[Heidi L]

Do we say

1 One way to solve the problem is to do something,
2 One way to solve the problem is do something,
or
3 One way to solve the problem is doing something?

Thank you.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I say 1 or 3.

 

[Heidi L]

I say 1 or 3.

Interesting. Previously I learned that we asy "all you did was duplicate my effort," but you don't say "one way to solve the problem is duplicate other people's experiences." Am I right?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I have seen something like 'All I want to do is + bare infinitive'.

 

[Heidi L]

I have seen something like 'All I want to do is + bare infinitive'.

bare infinitive? Is that to say "all I want to do is leave?" for example.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes.

 

[Heidi L]

BTW, I would like to know that if someone said to you "all you did was duplicate my effort," would you consider the speaker is a little unfriendly to you?

 

[emsr2d2]

Not necessarily. If they were right, it wouldn't be unfriendly. It might not be polite but sometimes the truth hurts.

 

[Heidi L]

Not necessarily. If they were right, it wouldn't be unfriendly. It might not be polite but sometimes the truth hurts.

I like what you said. I feel better now. Thanks a lot

 

[Tdol]

Previously I learned that we asy "all you did was duplicate my effort," but you don't say "one way to solve the problem is duplicate other people's experiences." Am I right?

Not really.

 

[AYOMI]

2 is wrong.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Rover_KE's reply to my question below might be of some interest to the OP.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...-all-correct?p=1183705&viewfull=1#post1183705