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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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It should to try or it should to be trying?
How to understand verbs talking ing infinitive and without a change in meaning
  

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Some verbs work with both the infinitive and the "-ing" form. ) Some verbs work with only the infinitive, or only the "-ing" form. Unfortunately, you just have to learn them.

  • Some verbs work with both the infinitive and the "-ing" form.
  • ) Some verbs work with only the infinitive, or only the "-ing" form.
  • Unfortunately, you just have to learn them.
  • I told him to go .
  • NOT I told him going.
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Some verbs work with both the infinitive and the "-ing" form. (In some cases the infinitive particle "to" is dropped.)
Some verbs work with only the infinitive, or only the "-ing" form.
Unfortunately, you just have to learn them.

I told him to go. NOT I told him going.
I found him going throug

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