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#2 (permalink) Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:17 am Infinitive or Gerund after verbs? |
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. There is no substantive difference in your 3 pairs of sentences.
Others have different meanings, e.g.: 'stop to do X' = 'stop doing Y in order to do X'. _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#3 (permalink) Mon Feb 16, 2009 21:03 pm Infinitive or Gerund after verbs? |
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Hello Mister Micawber, Thank you for your reply. I've just learnt that there's no difference in meaning between such sentences. Which means that there are some verbs that can be followed by both infinitives and gerunds with no difference in meaning (e.g. continue, start, begin, love ...etc). But in using other verbs like (stop, try, remember, forget...etc), we can find a big difference in meaning between the usage of the infinitives or the gerunds after them. The question is: What about verbs like (suggest)? I've just learnt that it should only be followed by a gerund, but I found other cases to the same verb referring to the infinitives. e.g. She suggested going to the party. She suggested to stay close together. What is the difference between such sentences?
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#4 (permalink) Mon Feb 16, 2009 23:23 pm Infinitive or Gerund after verbs? |
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. No difference in meaning, but I think you will find many grammarians that consider 'suggest + infinitive' substandard. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:27 pm Infinitive or Gerund after verbs? |
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#6 (permalink) Wed Sep 01, 2010 13:22 pm Infinitive or Gerund after verbs? |
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Both are possible. Some verbs accept both forms, sometimes with the same meaning and sometimes with different meanings. _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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