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"live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed?


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"live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed? #16 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 19:19 pm   "live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed?
 

Gray wrote:

Is it okay to exclude the subject 'I' here -- 'and am still getting used to it'?

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"live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed? #17 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:34 am   "live to be 100 years old", can the word "be" be removed?
 

Leaving out the subject there is okay although it is a bit colloquial.
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