Gerund-Infinitive TABLE
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Gerund |
Infinitive |
Gerund and Infinitive |
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accuse admit avoid apologize for approve of congratulate on consider delay deny enjoy fancy feel like finish hate give up insist on imagine keep on like dislike look forward to love (don’t/doesn’t) mind miss postpone practice quit risk suggest
have trouble can’t stand can’t help in addition to it’s (not) worth + Gerund it’s no use it’s (no) good there is no point in as well as |
ask afford agree aim attempt appear decide expect fail force hope manage offer order persuade plan pretend promise refuse seem tend threaten want warn
too + adjective + Inf not + adjective + enough + Inf adjective + for + person + Inf
would rather let
+ Object + bare Inf.( make + Object
*help
+ (Object) + (to/
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(the same meaning) love can’t bear like hate begin start continue needs (doing/ to be done)
(different meaning): stop doing/ to do try doing/ to do forget doing/ to do remember doing/ to do regret doing/ to do be sorry for doing/ to do
prefer sth to doing sth else
prefer to do sth rather than do sth else
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have
difficulty in
had
better