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She cant afford taking the plane to Australia. We stopped to smoke because the doctor recommended that. I know the door is open, I forgot closing it.
I enjoy running in the mornings. I dislike walking in the rain. I hope to pass my exams. She cant afford to take the plane to Australia. We stopped smoking because the doctor recommended that. I know the door is open, I forgot to close it.
Gerunds
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Infinitives
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go + gerund
Recreational activities: camping, dancing, sightseeing, swimming, skiing, fishing, jogging,
INFINITIVES
To form negative infinitives use Not + infinitive He decided not to go the party.
DIFFERENCES??
Gerunds often follow verbs that indicate that an action is happening or has happened.
The action expressed by the verb comes at the same time or after the action expressed by the gerund.
Infinitives often follow verbs that indicate that an action will or could happen.
The action expressed by the verb comes before the action expressed by the infinitive. We hope to go to the concert.
(You can hope for things that could happen not things that have already happened)
Some verbs can be followed by both gerund or infinitive with no change in meaning. Begin, hate, like, start, love, prefer, continue
I like cooking. I like to cook. She started losing weight She started to lose weight.
Some verbs although they can be used after both gerunds and infinitives have a difference in meaning.
remember forget regret stop try get
She stopped smoking. She stopped to smoke. They remembered buying bread. They remembered to buy bread.
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4 Types of Verbs
Only infinitives Only gerunds Both Both with change in meaning
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Only infinitives
agree appear arrange ask begin care choose continue decide detest dislike expect fail happen have hesitate hope intend mean offer plan promise propose refuse threaten teach use wait want wish
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Only gerunds
admit avoid can't help consider delay deny detest dislike enjoy escape excuse finish imagine mind miss permit postpone practice quit recall recommend resist suggest tolerate
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Both
Like Love hate prefer start begin continue
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are often used when actions are real, concrete or completed:: I stopped smoking.
Gerunds (The smoking was real and happened until I stopped.)
are often used when actions are unreal, abstract, or future:: I stopped to smoke.
Infinitives (I was doing something else, and I stopped; the smoking had not happened yet.)
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Thank you
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