Gerunds and Infinitives: use of the most common verbs

GERUNDS -ing INFINITIVES

Enjoy Decide
Mind Want
Finish Learn
Imagine Afford
Suggest Promise
Avoid Plan
Miss Manage
Risk Agree
Love/hate/prefer/ like/ care for: Hope
in Present or Past tenses Offer
(e.g. I love dancing) Fail
Arrange
Ask
Invite
Love/hate/prefer/ like/ care for: used in
CondiFonal (e.g. I would love to dance)

Use of both infini-ve and gerund forms

Without a change in meaning:
Would like/Would love/Would hate
Start, begin, conFnue, cease, bother, advice, allow, recommend

BOTH ARE ACCEPTED, BUT THERE IS DIFFERENCE IN MEANING

Stop, remember, forget, regret
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REMEMBER + INFINITIVE. The meaning is “don’t forget to do it”
Remember to send him an email
REMEMBER + GERUND. The meaning is “I have a memory of it
I remember closing the door before leaving. I don't know why it’s open now.