Infinitive or -ing? - English Grammar | Gymglish

The candidate happened to be my ex-girlfriend. • Some verbs which are always followed by a verb in the ing form: to enjoy, to avoid, to consider.. Home OnlineEnglishLessons Englishgrammarrulesandtips Infinitiveor-ing? Infinitiveor-ing? Understandinggrammariskeytounderstandingalanguage.Learn EnglishonlineandtestGymglishforfree. TESTYOURENGLISH Freewithnoobligationtobuy. Infinitiveor-ing?Thereareseveralcommonly-usedverbswhich,whenfollowedbyanotherverb,havespecialcharacteristics: • Someverbswhicharealwaysfollowedbyaverbintheinfinitive:towant,torefuse,toseem,tomanage...Brunowantstoconcludethenegotiationstomorrow.Ipromisetodomybest.Susieexpectstoworkallnightonthisproject.Irefusetonegotiatewithterrorists.Thisseemstobeawasteofmytime.Imanagedtocatchthetrain.Thecandidatehappenedtobemyex-girlfriend.• Someverbswhicharealwaysfollowedbyaverbintheingform:toenjoy,toavoid,toconsider...I'llconsiderhiringyournephew.Horatioenjoysdrinkingcoconutmilk.Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow?Pleaseavoidmakingsillymistakes.Ican'thelplovingyou.• Finally,otherverbscanbefollowedbyaverbintheinfinitiveoraverbintheingform:Irememberwritingyouanemail.Irememberhavingwrittenyouanemailinthepast. Iremembertowriteyouemailsweekly.Ineverforgettowriteyouemailsweekly. Istoppedpickingflowers.Iceasedtopickflowers,Iendedtheactionofpickingflowers. Istoppedtopickflowers.Istoppedanotheraction(perhapswalking)inordertopicksomeflowers.Note:Asageneralrule,verbsofpreference(tolike,tolove,tohate,toprefer)arefollowedbyaverbintheinfinitiveifpreciseactionsarebeingreferredto(eg:Ihatetoendthisconversation,butIhavetogo.),andbyaverbintheingformwhenpermanenttastesarebeingreferredto(eg:Ihateendingconversationsprematurely.). Takeyourlearningfurther Stillfacingdifficultieswith'Infinitiveor-ing?'?ImproveyourEnglishwithGymglish-tryourEnglishlessonsforfreenowandreceiveafreelevel assessment! TRYFORFREE Tipsforlearning'Infinitiveor-ing?'?Sharethemwithus! Findoutaboutothergrammarrules.Improveyour EnglishfurtherandtestGymglish,onlineEnglishlessons. HTMLCommentBoxisloadingcomments... Tryourcourses Testouronlinelanguagecoursesforfreefor7daysandreceiveafreepersonallevelassessment. 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