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Applied Grammar: Verb Patterns
Which verbs take gerunds? Which take infinitives? Which take both?
Which verbs take gerunds? Which take infinitives? Which take both?
enjoy
takes gerund ONLY: enjoy + -ing
want
takes infinitive ONLY: want + to + verb
start
takes BOTH gerund and infinitive with no meaning change
stop
GERUND = cease the action; INFINITIVE = pause in order to do something else
remember
GERUND = recall a past action; INFINITIVE = remember to do something future
enjoy
I enjoy cooking at the weekend.
want
She wants to learn Spanish.
start
It started raining / It started to rain.
stop
He stopped smoking. / He stopped to smoke.
remember
I remember meeting her. / Remember to call him.
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