English Language & Usage Asked on June 2, 2021
All I can do is to tell her not to go out during the weekend.
All I can do is tell her not to go out during the weekend.
All I can do is [tell her not to go out during the weekend].
The bracketed element is a predicative complement of "be" in a reversible specifying construction, where the complement can be a to- infinitival or a bare infinitival (or a gerund participial)
Note, though, that the bare infinitival is restricted to cases where the subject noun phrase contains "do" in a relative clause, as it does here.
"To" can optionally be added here (All I can do is to tell ...)
Answered by BillJ on June 2, 2021
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