The reason I do yoga ...

[alpacinou]

Hello.

Which one is grammatically correct?

1. The reason I do yoga is reducing my stress.

2. The reason I do yoga is to reduce my stress.

Are both correct by any chance?

 

[alpacinou]

Re: which one is correct

I'd use only the second.

And what about these?

1. What I do to reduce stress is to do yoga.

2. What I do to reduce stress is doing yoga.

 

[jutfrank]

Re: which one is correct

And what about these?

1. What I do to reduce stress is to do yoga.

2. What I do to reduce stress is doing yoga.

Neither. If you really must use that construction, don't repeat the verb:

What I do to reduce stress is yoga.

 

[alpacinou]

Re: which one is correct

What I do to reduce stress is yoga.

Is this called a cleft structure or a noun clause?

 

[jutfrank]

Re: which one is correct

Is this called a cleft structure or a noun clause?

By teachers or grammarians? I call the subject part there a 'wh-clause'. Don't confuse your students with opaque terminology.

 

[alpacinou]

Re: which one is correct

By teachers or grammarians? I call the subject part there a 'wh-clause'. Don't confuse your students with opaque terminology.

I wish these grammatical structures had a universal name.:-?

 

[Rover_KE]

I have changed your thread title.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'