"The only thing that they did together..was to make love"

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by Josh2003

Interesting. I'll admit that everything I ever learned about English grammar I learned in French class, so I'm clearly not the expert on such technicalities as that, but her explanation certainly makes sense. I do know that the proper way that Carrie has pointed out still simply *sounds* odd to, even if it is the correct wording.

musically, i prefer it to "the only thing that they did together ... was make love" because it sounds more percussive. but it does sound stilted, i agree.