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Stop + gerund Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:33 am  Stop + gerund
 

Test No. errors/elem-6 "Stop making plans", question 1

I must ask you to stop to make all these plans before I have seen them.

(a) must
(b) to make
(c) have seen

Test No. errors/elem-6 "Stop making plans", answer 1

I must ask you to stop making all these plans before I have seen them.

Correct entry: making
The error was: (b) to make
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Stop + gerund Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:07 am  Stop + gerund
 

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Stop + -ing = cease the activity. I stopped drinking to avoid liver disease.

Stop + infinitive = cease one activity in order to pursue another. I hadn't finished digging the hole, but I stopped to light another cigarette.

In this question, stop + ing is called for.
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