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Daxiaoaixad Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

verbs with gerunds and infinitives

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00 I read that the following verbs can be followed by gerunds and infinitives, without changing the meaning of the sentence:02br
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00 intend, begin, start, like, neglect, attempt, continue, perfer, can(not) stand, love, hate02br
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00 Can somebody help me with a little more explainations? And are there really no differences?0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Daxiaoaixad12cite 10Hi there, 12br 12br 10I read that the following verbs can be followed by gerunds and infinitives, without changing the meaning of the sentence:12br 12br 10intend, begin, start, like, neglect, attempt, continue, perfer, can(not) stand, love, hate12br 12br 10Can somebody help me with a little more explainations? 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Dax,02br 02br 00It’s somewhat true but not absolutely. 02br 02br 00Ex: She plans 00to go 00to00 00London to continue her study.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Daxiaoaixad12cite 10Hi there, 12br 12br 10I read that the following verbs can be followed by gerunds and infinitives, without changing the meaning of the sentence:12br 12br 10intend, begin, start, like, neglect, attempt, continue, perfer, can(not) stand, love, hate12br 12br 10Can somebody help me with a little more explainations?
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Dax,02br 02br 00It’s somewhat true but not absolutely.
  • 02br 02br 00Ex: She plans 00to go 00to00 00London to continue her study.
  • – Infinitive only02br 02br 00 00Gerund won’t work that well grammatically, though people may get your point..
  • - 00Fine02br 02br 00 00She like swimming as a form of exercise.
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01cite10Daxiaoaixad12cite10Hi there, 12br
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10I read that the following verbs can be followed by gerunds and infinitives, without changing the meaning of the sentence:12br
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10intend, begin, start, like, neglect, attempt, continue, perfer, can(not) stand, love, hate12br
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0 I personally do not use the gerund after 01i00intend, neglect, or attempt02i00.02br
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00 There are really no differences. You may as well just use the infinitive all the time, recognizing the gerund when others use it as a substitute.02br
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0 Naturally, infinitive is more prefered. My explanation is just for the purpose of discussion and referance only. 0-
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0 I don't sense any preference for one or the other.02br
00 Some people actually prefer the gerund.02br
00 There is certainly nothing wrong with either one.02br
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0Hello Daxi02br
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00The choice between an infinitive and a gerund for a given verb is an issue repeatedly discussed here.02br
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00My rough rules are as follows:02br
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001. Time Relations between V1 and V202br
00"V1 to V2" is preferably used when the activity V2 comes after the activity V1 in the time relation. 02
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0 Thank you all for answers!02br
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00 Paco, I like your rules. I think I can use it to explain two examples of Goodman:02br
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00 ! He likes to swim for 30 minitues after the class.02br
00 * He likes swimming.02br
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00 In sentence !, swim is an action (V2) after another action "have the class" (V1), so we sh
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0 I'd like to translate what my grammar book says in Japanese.02br
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00Generally speaking, "like V2-ing" is used when the subject has already experienced the activity V2 and known what the activity is like. On the other hand, "like to V2" is rather a future-oriented expression. 02br
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00Suppose a girl made a composition and suppose there were two alt
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0 I must say, the two sentences 02br
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10 (1) 11font10I am a girl. I 11u10like being a girl12u10. But I don't like to be treated as a girl. I like to be treated as a person.12br
12font10 (2) 11font10I am a girl. I
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0Dax,02br
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00Here is what the difference is with using gerund and infinitive. The context of your exemplifies it.02br
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00I like00 00being00 00a girl……..00This suggests you are already a girl and enjoying and disliking what comes with being a girl at the point of view of a girl. 02br
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0Hello Daxiaoaixad01blockquote
01cite10Daxiaoaixad12cite10 Is there exist a slight difference between "continue to do" and "continue doing"? In the sense that "continue to do" indicates that you finished doing something, then continue to do something else. While "continue doing" indicates that you are doing something, then you are interrupted by someth
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