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What I would like to do is ... What I would like to do is move on to the question of cashflow. In this sentence, why does the 'move' is used? I thought it shoud be moving or to move after 'is'. What did I missed?

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The phrase "move on" can be used to describe a changing of topic when speaking. Here the speaker was speaking about some other topic, but decided he wanted to move on to the topic of "cash flow". The verb "to move" Is often used metaphorically to describe abstract movement. "Moving forward" is another example of this use. Sometimes "to move forward" is meant literally as in "The racers must move forward to win.", but the phrase can also be used abstractly. Here, the movement isn't physical. The progression can be situational, temporal, or one of quality. "You must move forward with your social life and make new friends." "You need to keep moving forward in life if you want to reach your goals." "Please move your clock forward one hour so that it matches the time zone." Hope this helps :)
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Yes, the form of "move" is perfectly correct. I would like to move on to the question of cashflow. What would you like to DO? MOVE on to the question of cashflow. What I would like to do is move on to the question of cashflow. It's redundant to use "to" before "move" in the sentence, and changing the verb to "moving" makes no sense at all: we can't tell if it's a continuous tense or a gerund. In fact, using "is moving" would change the meaning of the sentence anyway.
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Is there no way to correct error after writing ? even in this short sentence I made mistakes ~

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