我是認為以下3種寫法都是可以的:
1. The last thing I wanted to do was see a dentist .
2. The last thing I wanted to do was to see a dentist .
3. The last thing I wanted to do was seeing a dentist .
1 與2是一樣的.因為1是2省去to而得來的.
3用現在分詞來表示一般經驗.
例如說:
(A) the last thing I want is receive email from her. 是希望以後不要再收到他的電郵
(B) the last thing I want is receiving email from her. 是表達收到他電郵的痛苦經驗
The last thing I wanted to do was see a dentist. "The last thing" is the subjective phrase which was modified by " I wanted to do was",while "see" being the predicate and "a dentist" the objective phrase. In addition, "I wanted to do was" equals to " I was wanted to do". Yip