Could you help to formulate any patern for this gramatical confusion ?

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Nowadays, i'm seiously considering about correct grammer for writing. i don't want any more ungrammaticall sentence for my future writing. i'm siverely confused about "Followed by infinitives" and "not followed by infinitives".

i'm trying to correct my ungrammaticall sentence.
i tried correcting the Switch but the lamp still did not work.

i just went through the grammer books they said there is some word followed by "-ing " with out to. such as stop, delay, fancy, consider. some are with to . such as afford, agree, appear.

could you give some sugesstion or pattern what are the way to resolve such a probelme?

Goodman · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I think you can start by using proper capitalization and spelling.

i'm trying to correct my ungrammaticall sentence.

i tried ~~correcting~~ repairing/ adjusting the switch but the lamp still did not work.

Gerund and infinitive are both ok in this context.

But it's not always true.

Nithila · Answer

Thanks for your suggesion and correction

but i have list of words which are categorized according the "followed by infinitives" and "not followed by infinitives" and both.

not by infinitive	Both can be applied	by infinitives
admit	advise	afford
anticipate	can't bear	agree
appreciate	begin	appear
avoid	continue	arrange
complete	forget	ask
consider	hate	beg
delay	like	care
deny	love	claim
discuss	prefer	consent
dislike	regret	decide
enjoy	remember	demand
finish	can't stand	deserve
can't help	start	expect
keep	try	fail
mention		hesitate
mind		hope
miss		learn
postpone		manage
practice		manage
		need
quit		offer
recall		plan
recollect		prepare
recommend		pretend
resent		promise
resist		refuse
risk		seem
stop		struggle
suggest		swear
tolerate		threaten
understand		volunteer
		wait
		want
		wish

is there any way to remember which words followed by infinitive ?

Mister Micawber · Answer

You must either memorize them or become accustomed to them by using them; there is no rule.

Nithila · Answer

Mister MicawberYou must either memorize them or become accustomed to them by using them; there is no rule.

thanks a lot..

that means not eassy for non native speaker .

Mister Micawber · Answer

But not impossible, either. Just keep working at it, and someday you'll surprise yourself by getting them right naturally.

Dokterjokkebrok · Answer

Nithilacould you give some sugesstion or pattern what are the way to resolve such a p

Dowload the free program at this website www.teach2000.nl. Enter in all the verbs and their corresponding infinitives and/or -ing forms/that/if-clauses. A flash-card mode is available to help you memorise everything. Combine this with self-made exercises in which you use verbs that require a kind of infinitive/that-clause/if-clause etc. And practise this. It will take a lot of time, but in the end, you'll be glad that you did, because every time you hear the correct form, e.g. in a conversation, you will be remembered of what you've learned, and so it is not that difficult at all to keep up this knowledge.

Regards

Jordy

Nithila · Answer

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dokterjokkebrok
Nithilacould you give some sugesstion or pattern what are the way to resolve such a p
Dowload the free program at this website www.teach2000.nl. Enter in all the verbs and their corresponding infinitives and/or -ing forms/that/if-clauses. A flash-card mode is available to help you memorise everything. Combine this with self-made exercises in which you use verbs that require a kind of infinitive/that-clause/if-clause etc. And practise this. It will take a lot of time, but in the end, you'll be glad that you did, because every time you hear the correct form, e.g. in a conversation, you will be remembered of what you've learned, and so it is not that difficult at all to keep up this knowledge.

Regards

Jordy

Thanks a lot for your sugesstion. think is software does not belongs to english language. so how can i use as a english language builder?

Dokterjokkebrok · Answer

I believe that, during the installation process, you are given the choice to select a language, one of which is English.

Regards

Jordy

Dokterjokkebrok · Answer

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dokterjokkebrok
Nithilacould you give some sugesstion or pattern what are the way to resolve such a p
Dowload the free program at this website www.teach2000.nl. Enter in all the verbs and their corresponding infinitives and/or -ing forms/that/if-clauses. A flash-card mode is available to help you memorise everything. Combine this with self-made exercises in which you use verbs that require a kind of infinitive/that-clause/if-clause etc. And practise this. It will take a lot of time, but in the end, you'll be glad that you did, because every time you hear the correct form, e.g. in a conversation, you will be remembered of what you've learned, and so it is not that difficult at all to keep up this knowledge.

Regards

Jordy

Thanks a lot for your sugesstion. think is software does not belongs to english language. so how can i use as a english language builder?

I found the following website http://www.eusoftnet.com/software/Teach2000 , which is where you can download the same program I mentioned before as well. The only difference is that the download information is in English. Again, you will be able to select a language during installation of the program.

Good luck!

Jordy

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