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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Gerunds and Infinitives

Hello,

Could you tell me please if there is a complete list of the verbs followed either by gerunds or by infinitives?

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Verbs Followed by a Gerund advise appreciate avoid can't help complete consider delay deny detest dislike enjoy escape excuse finish forbid get through have imagine mind miss permit postpone practice quit recall report resent resist resume risk spend suggest tolerate waste Verbs Followed by an Infinitive agree aim appear arrange ask attempt be able beg begin care choose condescend consent continue dare decide deserve detest dislike expect fail forget get happen have hesitate hope hurry intend leap leave like long love mean neglect offer ought plan prefer prepare proceed promise propose refuse remember say shoot start stop strive swear threaten try use wait want wish

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  • Verbs Followed by a Gerund advise appreciate avoid can't help complete consider delay deny detest dislike enjoy escape excuse finish forbid get through have imagine mind miss permit postpone practice quit recall report resent resist resume risk spend suggest tolerate waste Verbs Followed by an Infinitive agree aim appear arrange ask attempt be able beg begin care choose condescend consent continue dare decide deserve detest dislike expect fail forget get happen have hesitate hope hurry intend leap leave like long love mean neglect offer ought plan prefer prepare proceed promise propose refuse remember say shoot start stop strive swear threaten try use wait want wish
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Verbs Followed by a Gerund
advise
appreciate
avoid
can't help
complete
consider
delay
deny
detest
dislike
enjoy
escape
excuse
finish
forbid
get through
have
imagine
mind
miss
permit
postpone
practice
quit
recall
report
resent
resist
resume
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No one could possibly make a complete list of verbs followed by an infinitive or a gerund. The list you have been given isn't complete and there are mistakes. For example, deserve can take a gerund in many contexts, and a gerund is sometimes possible after want.

It would of course please a person with a mathematical mind to find such lists. Unfortunately the a
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