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Which of these sentences is correct:

  1. The first thing I wanted to do was send you a text.
  2. The first thing I wanted to do was to send you a text.
  3. The first thing I wanted to do was sending you a text.

Thanks.

Cobb_Salad
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The to-infinitive and bare infinitive work here—the gerund does not.

VaporState
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    Yes. It's controlled by being linked with to do, which is an infinitive, and which takes infinitives as complements. – John Lawler May 26 '21 at 21:09
  • Your answer would be even better if you explained a bit more and offered some reliable sources for what you say. – fev Jun 03 '21 at 20:44