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Here are lists and examples of verbs in both categories. ... In other words "avoid" is followed by the gerund, not by the infinitive: "I avoid ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. avoidthat/avoidto/avoiding Threadstarter GabrielMalheiros Startdate Oct27,2015 G GabrielMalheiros SeniorMember Portuguese-Brazil Helloeveryone Couldyoutellmewhichiscorrect? "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidthatbadthingshappen" Or "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidbadthingstohappen" Or "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidbadthingshappening" Thankyou!!   Loob SeniorMember EnglishUK HelloGabriel "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidthatbadthingshappen" "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidbadthingstohappen" "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidbadthingshappening"   G GabrielMalheiros SeniorMember Portuguese-Brazil Loobsaid: HelloGabriel "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidthatbadthingshappen" "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidbadthingstohappen" "Weneeddotherightthingsinordertoavoidbadthingshappening" Clicktoexpand... Loob,whycan'tyouuse"to"withtheverb"avoid".Iamabitconfusedaboutthat.Whatdetermineswhetheryouhavetouse"infinitive"or"gerund"incaseslikethat?   velisarius SeniorMember Greece BritishEnglish(Sussex) Certainverbsarefollowedbytheinfinitive,whileothersarefollowedbythegerund-somebyeither,buttheremaybeachangeinmeaning.Herearelistsandexamplesofverbsinbothcategories. http://learnenglishteens.britishcou...ry/grammar-videos/verb-ing-or-verb-infinitive Inotherwords"avoid"isfollowedbythegerund,notbytheinfinitive:"Iavoiddoingsomething"(or,aswehavehere,"Iavoidsomethingdoing"). Youcannotusea"that"clauseasdirectobjectafter"avoid". Edit:ChangedlastsentencebecauseImis-typedtheverbandconfusedmyself   Lastedited:Oct27,2015 Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top