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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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HATE + gerund / infinitive

Is there any difference in meaning when the verb 'hate' is followed by either a gerund or infinitive?
  

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[/nq] Yes. To me the gerund seems more suitable for things you always hate doing. I hate doing the dishes.

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  • [/nq] Yes.
  • To me the gerund seems more suitable for things you always hate doing.
  • I hate doing the dishes.
  • The infinitive seems more suitable for one-off occasions: I hate to interrupt, but your fly is open.
  • That's just my instinct.
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[nq:1]Is there any difference in meaning when the verb 'hate' is followed by either a gerund or infinitive?[/nq]
Yes. To me the gerund seems more suitable for things you always hate doing. I hate doing the dishes. The infinitive seems more suitable for one-off occasions: I hate to interrupt, but your fly is open.

That's just my instinct.
Alan
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[nq:1]Is there any difference in meaning when the verb 'hate' is followed by either a gerund or infinitive?[/nq]
There is a lot of overlap. But one pattern is fairly general for verbs that can take either as an object: the infinitive more decidedly refers to action by the subject of the main verb. "I hate to run" has to mean that what I hate is the experience of running (as an action by me); "
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[nq:1]Is there any difference in meaning when the verb 'hate' is followed by either a gerund or infinitive?[/nq]
Yes. To me the gerund seems more suitable for things you always hate doing. I hate doing the dishes. The infinitive seems more suitable for one-off occasions: I hate to interrupt, but your fly is open.

That's just my instinct.
Alan
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