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Zoo Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Infinitives and gerunds

What is the difference between Infinitives and Gerunds?Please give me a simple answer so that I can easily understand.Thank you in advance.
  

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Infinitive is the " very that follows ' to ' " . eg : I want to get something to eat. ' to get ' is infinitive Gerund is ' verb + ing ' to turn the verb into a noun.

  • Infinitive is the " very that follows ' to ' " .
  • eg : I want to get something to eat.
  • ' to get ' is infinitive Gerund is ' verb + ing ' to turn the verb into a noun.
  • eg : I like swimming.
  • ' Swim ' is a verb, but after adding ' ing ' to it.
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Infinitive is the " very that follows ' to ' " .

eg : I want to get something to eat. ' to get ' is infinitive

Gerund is ' verb + ing ' to turn the verb into a noun.

eg : I like swimming. ' Swim ' is a verb, but after adding ' ing ' to it. It has become a gerund and also a noun.

The main different between a noun and gerund is gerund involves kind of actio
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I made a typo again Emotion: sad ' verb ' not very

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