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But in these examples functions as a preposition meaning except. It is sometimes followed by a verb.The form depends on what came before. EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Ihavenochoicebutverb(to/-ingornone) AskQuestion Asked 5years,9monthsago Active 5years,9monthsago Viewed 28ktimes 4 2 Whichoneiscorrect? Ihavenochoicebuttokillyou. Ihavenochoicebutkillingyou. Ihavenochoicebutkillyou. ordotheyhavedifferentmeanings? american-englishinfinitive-vs-gerund Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedMar23'16at23:23 M.A.R. 7,32777goldbadges3636silverbadges6666bronzebadges askedMar23'16at22:48 ihsancemilihsancemil 21311goldbadge33silverbadges55bronzebadges 2 @IͶΔwhytrueis'incorrect':) – ihsancemil Mar23'16at23:26 english.stackexchange.com/questions/95548/… – M.A.R. Mar23'16at23:29 Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 3 Butintheseexamplesfunctionsasaprepositionmeaningexcept.Itissometimesfollowedbyaverb.Theformdependsonwhatcamebefore.Infinitivesareusuallywithoutto,butsometimesweneedagerund. Shedoesnothingbutsleepallday. Hedoesn'tlikeanythingbutplayingonhiscomputer.(like...playing) Infinitiveswithtoareusedafternochoice,option,alternativebut Ihavenochoicebuttokill.(Thissentenceiscorrect). Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar24'16at11:07 V.V.V.V. 7,00522goldbadges2121silverbadges3636bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1 Soyourquestionis- ...nochoicebut[?] Whatcantaketheplaceof[?].Thatiswhatyouareasking,right? Well,butthereisapreposition,meaningexcept,anditcanlicenseeitheramatrix-licensed-complementoraNounPhrase[NP]. 1.(a)There’sbeennothingbuttroublesincehecame.[LicenseNP] 1.(b)Blackpeopleusedtohavenochoicebutfieldworkbecausetherewerefewotheropportunitiestoearnmoney.[LicenseNP] 2.(a)Wehadnochoicebuttobelievethem.[Matrixclause-Wehad(tobelievethem)] 2.(b)Hehadnochoicebutto​leave.[Matrixclause-Hehad(toleave)] SoifitcanlicenseaNP,thereisnoreasonforittolicenseGerund-Participle.Sogrammaticallythefollowinghastobecorrect- Ihavenochoicebutkillingyou. ButImustmakeitapointherethatthisconstructionisveryrare. Solet'ssummariseit- 3.(a)Ihavenochoicebuttokillyou.(CORRECT) 3.(b)Ihavenochoicebutkillingyou.(CORRECTbutveryrare) 3.(c)Ihavenochoicebutkillyou.(Doubtful.Iwouldgoasfarassayingthatit'sincorrect,thoughIhavesomeexamplesentenceswithsimilarconstructionsinCORPUSevenmorethanthestructuredepictedin#3(b)] Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar26'16at17:20 Man_From_IndiaMan_From_India 10.6k55goldbadges3333silverbadges7171bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedamerican-englishinfinitive-vs-gerund. TheOverflowBlog TheBashisover,buttheseasonlivesalittlelonger FeaturedonMeta ProvidingaJavaScriptAPIforuserscripts Congratulationstothe59sitesthatjustleftBeta Linked 0 InfinitivevsGerundUsagedifferences 0 Bareinfinitiveafterexcept 0 Isthesentence'Ihavenochoicenottodoit'grammaticallycorrect? 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