We
use the Gerund or the Infinitive after the following verbs:
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begin
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He began talking.
He began to talk. |
continue
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They continue smoking.
They continue to smoke. |
hate
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Do you hate working on Saturdays?
Do you hate to work on Saturdays? |
like
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I like swimming.
I like to swim. |
love
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She loves painting.
She loves to paint. |
prefer
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Pat prefers walking home.
Pat prefers to walk home. |
start
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They start singing.
They start to sing. |
We
use the Gerund or the Infinitive after the following verbs. There are two
possible structures after these verbs.
Gerund: verb + -ing Infinitive: verb + person + to-infinitive |
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advise
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They advise walking to town.
They advise us to walk to town. |
allow
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They do not allow smoking here.
They do not allow us to smoke here. |
encourage
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They encourage doing the test.
They encourage us to do the test. |
permit
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They do not permit smoking here.
They do not permit us to smoke here. |
We use the following structures with
the word recommend:
recommend
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They recommend walking to town.
They recommend that we walk to town. |
Thank to my reverence: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund_infinitive.htm
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