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Anonymous  +  720301 Thu, 07 May 09 03:31 PM

Can I omit the underline 'to' in the following sentence?

 

" what makes me feel lucky today is having you all to come back to ."

 

If it is acceptable, what is the difference between the original sentence and the later sentence?

 

many thanks in advance.
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Mike in Japan  +  720303 Thu, 07 May 09 03:44 PM
Yes. You can and you should. UNLESS your "to" is a mispelling of "too" - in which case "too" would be, arguably, fine.
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Anonymous, 199 days ago
Should I ?

 

 I found out the original sentence from my English textbook written by american.

  

 so I thought it had some difference in meaning from the later sentence.

 

 is it a wrong sentence?

Mike in Japan  +  720345 Thu, 07 May 09 04:13 PM
Yes. I dare say it is a typographic error. A "typo".


Cheers :-)
Mike in Japan
Anonymous, 158 days ago
No, you cannot remove the last "to". Original reply is incorrect: he did not understand the meaning of the sentance.  "having you all to come back to"  means "being able to come back to you all". The same "to" is underlined.  The expression is "come back to" something, meaning "reyturn to" something.
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