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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Infinitive or Gerund?(Q)

We went swimming.
OR
We went to swim.

P.S. Is there any general rule to use "gerunds" instead of infinitives?"
  

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Sorry, there is no rules that I am aware of. A lot of it is how it sounds idomatically. Where did John go ?

— Grammarfreak

  • Sorry, there is no rules that I am aware of.
  • A lot of it is how it sounds idomatically.
  • Where did John go ?
  • Hw went swimming.
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Sorry, there is no rules that I am aware of. A lot of it is how it sounds idomatically. Where did John go ? Hw went swimming.
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AnonymousIs there any general rule to use "gerunds" instead of infinitives?"
There is a group of idioms involving "go" plus an -ing form.

See

These differ from the use of the infinitive of purpose, which means 'for the purpose of'. Here you use 'to' or 'in order to':

We went there (in order) to swim. (for the
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