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0 Hello QingQing 02br
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00You can say both [1] and [2], but I think rather [1] is more common. 02br
00 [1] Japanese girls dislike speaking in public. 02br
00 [2] Japanese girls dislike to speak in public. 02br
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0 Good Morning Paco, 02br
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00"Dislike" is one of the verb followed by gerund. But I have not come across that "dislike" can be followed by infinitive. I am reading "A Practical English Grammer" by A.J.Thomson & A.V.Martinet - Oxford University Press. Now, I would like to know How certain verbs are declared to be followed by gerund or infinitive? 02br
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0 Paco - I would say [1] , [3] and [4] sound fine, but [2] sounds strange to me. 02br
00[1] Japanese girls dislike speaking in public. 02br
00[2] Japanese girls dislike to speak in public. 02br
00[3] Japanese girls don't like to speak in public. 02br
00[4] Japanese girls hate to speak in public. ("speaking" would also be okay here.) 02br

0 Hurm...was I wrong? 02br
00I consulted the usage of 'dislike' with OED, my E-J, two grammar books and Google before answering. The grammar books and E-J dictionary are saying that 'dislike doing' is much commoner but 'dislike to do' is also possible. OED doesn't say anything about the preference but it gives a quote: "That was a good clear cut. I dislike to see a tree haggled down"

0 Hello Senthilvelann 02br
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00I recently made a small list of verbs that take a construct 00 in the reply to Eladio's question (05000). 02br
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00Some English verbs that can take the construct of 00 are as follows; 02br
00 (1) appreciate/ enjoy/ consider/ fancy/ imagine/ practice/ risk/ understand/ 02br
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0 Thanks Paco, 02br
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00My question is, On what basis these verbs are grouped? 02br
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00i.e. Verbs followed by Gerund, Infinitive and Both. 02br
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0 Hello 02br
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00I made the list by referring a grammar book "A New Guide to English Grammar" written in Japanese by Dr Egawa. The description about verb-gerund-infinitive relations in the book seems to be based principally on Quirk's CGEL(1985), Wood's CEU(1981), Fowler's MEU(1965), and LDCE(1987). The book gives an example for 'dislike' : "Any boss worth his salt will di

0 Hi, guy. I remembered that one of my high school teachers seemed to have told us that dislike/like to do sth. is for the time of speaking only whilst dislike/like doing means the subject matter in question is usually or customarily disliked/liked. so in the case of Janpanese girl....., i think the latter fits better:) 0-

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00Thank you for the comment. I myself feel there seems such a difference between the usages of 'dislike doing' and 'dislike to do'. I mean, 'dislike to do' is used to express a feeling the subject has at a particular occasion rather than a feeling he/she has habitually. But regrettably I haven't found such kind of explanation in reliable literature. 02br

0 Hello, 02br
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00It is given in the book I referred in earlier mail 02br
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00"Gerund can be used instead of the infinitive when the action is being considered in general sense, but it is always safe to use an infinitive. When we wish to refer to one particular action we must use the infinitive." 02br
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