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ScottSpain Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
When must we write in gerund and not use the infinitive form?. After preposition, and,...
I can't remember when I must use gerund and not infinitive form. can you help me?. Thanks.
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ScottSpain I can't remember when I must use gerund and not infinitive form. You must use the gerund (-ing) form after a preposition. Other than that, there are few rules.
- ScottSpain I can't remember when I must use gerund and not infinitive form.
- You must use the gerund (-ing) form after a preposition.
- Other than that, there are few rules.
- Look up "catenatives" or "catenative verbs" using a search engine like Google, and you'll find lots of lists of verbs that always take the gerund, and verbs that always take the infinitive, and those that can take either.
- For example, decide takes an infinitive ( to decide to do something ) and avoid takes a gerund ( to avoid doing something ).
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ScottSpainI can't remember when I must use gerund and not infinitive form.You must use the gerund (-ing) form after a preposition. Other than that, there are few rules. Look up "catenatives" or "catenative verbs" using a search engine like Google, and you'll find lots of lists of verbs that always take the gerund, and verbs that always take the infinitive,
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