Outside of dictionary headwords, it is the most commonly used citation form of the English verb: "How do we conjugate the

verb to go?" It can be used like a noun phrase, expressing its action or state in an abstract, general way. So, "To err is human"; "To know me is to love me". (However, a gerund is often preferred for this "Being is doing" would be more natural than the abstract and philosophical sounding "To be is to do."[1]) It can be used like an adjective or adverb, expressing purpose or intent. So, "The letter says I'm to wait outside", or "He is the man to talk to", or "[In order] to meditate, one must free one's mind."
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Grammatically, this is identical to the instructional "I am to wait outside" construction (above), but does not signify somebody having been issued an instruction; rather, it expresses an intended action, in the same way as "will". This "tense" is used extensively in news reports, eg. The Prime Minister is to visit the West Bank (active) Aid is to be sent to war-torn Darfur (passive) [2]

This "future infinitive" construction is interesting in that it only has a future aspect to it in situations where the speaker is significantly distanced from the event.[3] In cases where the subject of the sentence is not quite as distanced from the speaker, then the same construction takes on a sense of instruction or necessity (as in "he is to wait outside", or "he is to go to hospital"). The same construction can be used in conditional clauses If you are to go on holiday, then you need to work hard (or, conversely, if you want to...then you are to...). The impersonality aspect comes from the fact that the emotionless verb to be is used in the place of the more usual modal verbs which would normally connect the speaker to the statement. In this way, statements are given weight (as if some external force, rather than the speaker, is governing events).
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ojo detras de exxpresiones de este tipo all he wants to do is play football se usa bare infinitive pero tambin to, es ms formal con to, se usa mas sin to

I can really do what I love, which is play explicacion

All ... and What ... clauses. con do solo
With forms of do: All I do is drink. All he does is drink. All they do is play cards. All they did was play cards. What they did was drink. What he does is drink. What we do is play cards. All of those above with the bare infinitive can also be written with the 'to' included, e.g., What we do is to play cards. Except doing: All we're doing is playing cards. What they were doing is drinking. ____ Note the construction inside the All ... or What ... clause, and how the expression after the linking verb continues it: Note the construction inside the All ... or What ... clause, and how the expression after the linking verb continues it: All you need to remember is to watch over her. Remember to watch. (not watching, as you had it) What I forgot was to add the sauce. Forget to add. All he objects to is going there alone. Object to going. What he wanted to avoid was hurting their feelings. Avoid hurting.

parece que depende del verbo que suela llevar al lado exactamente o to o ing
This next one is a little more complex. Here 'to point out' doesn't continue 'to

accomplish'; it replaces it. What we hope to accomplish is to point out the abuse. Hope to accomplish > Hope to point out. ___________________ Without an All ... or What clause, the expression after the linking verb is somewhat more flexible. My task was [to watch / watching] after her. The -ing form can't be used, however, when there is a chance of taking it as part of a continuous tense, so the infinitive is probably better in the general case. My task as a spy was to confuse the enemy doesn't necessarily mean the same as My task as a spy was confusing the enemy. CJ CaliforniaVeteran Member 39,230 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche-----All I want to do is see you. / All I want to do is to see you. The form without to is less formal and probably more commonly used.