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-ING. We use-ing:
Smoking is harmful.
after prepositions.
after adjectives.
to point a purpose.
INFINITIVE + GERUND: there are some times in which after the main verb we
can use the next verb either in infinite and gerund form. However, the meaning of
the sentence will be different.
STOP
He stopped to smoke (he was doing something and decided to smoke).
He stopped smoking (he gave up smoking forever).
REMEMBER
I remembered to phone you (and I did it)
I remember phoning you (I remember that I had phoned you, in the past).