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    The document outlines rules for using gerunds and infinitives after certain verbs and in certain grammatical structures in English. It provides a table showing that verbs like "admit" and "avoid" take the infinitive form of a following verb, while verbs like "like" and "want" take the gerund form. It also notes that gerunds are used as subjects and after prepositions, while infinitives are used to express reason or purpose and after modal and auxiliary verbs. Certain verbs can take either the gerund or infinitive depending on their meaning in the sentence.

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    The document outlines rules for using gerunds and infinitives after certain verbs and in certain grammatical structures in English. It provides a table showing that verbs like "admit" and "avoid" take the infinitive form of a following verb, while verbs like "like" and "want" take the gerund form. It also notes that gerunds are used as subjects and after prepositions, while infinitives are used to express reason or purpose and after modal and auxiliary verbs. Certain verbs can take either the gerund or infinitive depending on their meaning in the sentence.

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    Gerund and Inf

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    Elena Copaceanu
    The document outlines rules for using gerunds and infinitives after certain verbs and in certain grammatical structures in English. It provides a table showing that verbs like "admit" and "avoid" take the infinitive form of a following verb, while verbs like "like" and "want" take the gerund form. It also notes that gerunds are used as subjects and after prepositions, while infinitives are used to express reason or purpose and after modal and auxiliary verbs. Certain verbs can take either the gerund or infinitive depending on their meaning in the sentence.

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    GERUND

    TO + INFINITIVE

    admit
    avoid
    deny
    dislike
    enjoy
    feel like
    finish
    hate
    keep
    like*
    love
    mind
    miss
    practice
    prefer
    recommend
    spend time
    stop
    suggest

    (cant) afford
    agree
    decide
    expect
    forget
    help
    hope
    learn
    need
    offer
    plan
    pretend
    promise
    refuse
    remember
    seem
    try
    want
    would like*

    + AS THE SUBJECT
    (Washing the dishes is my favourite
    thing to do at the weekend)

    + AFTER ADJECTIVES
    (I find it difficult to count to ten in
    Russian)

    + ALL PREPOSITIONS AND


    PHRASAL VERBS

    + TO EXPRESS REASON OR
    PURPOSE
    (I am training to run the Berlin
    marathon)

    Gerund or infinitive depending on


    the meaning

    INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO

    Try (make an effort) = to + inf


    Try (test it) = gerund

    + AFTER MODAL AND AUXILIARY


    VERBS
    + AFTER MAKE AND LET

    Remember (dont forget) = to + inf


    Remember (I have a memory) =
    gerund

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