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Knowledge Hunter  +  143306 Fri, 30 Sep 05 04:16 PM
The only thing you can do now is to be yourself.
Is this sentence clear? Does it have any grammatical mistakes?
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Philip  +  143310 Fri, 30 Sep 05 04:20 PM
 Knowledge Hunter wrote:
The only thing you can do now is to be yourself. Is this sentence clear? Does it have any grammatical mistakes?
It is clear and correct.  Some might question the use of the infinitive (to be) but I find it better than just plain 'be'.
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CalifJim  +  143325 Fri, 30 Sep 05 05:15 PM
As implied above, the "to" is optional, as it always is in the pseudo-cleft construction such as you have here.

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