前面动词是do(does/did/done /doing/to do)时,后接不带to的原形不定式;如前面用的是其他的动词,则后面的不定式要加上to。
在这些动词do(does/did/done /doing/to do)在but, except, save, than, as等词后,这条规则同样适用。
例如:
He did nothing but laugh.
他只是笑。
What could he do but take back what he had said?
他除了收回他说的话以外,还有别的什么办法?
当but前的谓语结构是do时,或者定语从句中有do时,but后面不用to
There is nothing to do but stay here.
I have no choice but to stay here.