1. regret, remember, forget, stop, go on are used with a gerund when the action expressed by the gerund is an

Gerund vs. Infinitive

1. regret, remember, forget, stop, go on are used with a gerund when the action expressed by the gerund is an

earlier action.

regret, remember, forget, stop, go on are used with an infinitive when they themselves denote an earlier

action.

verb	gerund	infinitive
remember	remember, what one has done, or what has happened, e.g. I shall always remember meeting you for the first time.	remember what one has to do, e.g. Remember to go to the post office, wont’ you?
forget	forget what one has done, or what has happened, e.g. I shall never forget seeing the Queen.	forget what one has to do, e.g. She’s always forgetting to give me my letters.
stop	stop what one is doing, does, e.g. I really must stop smoking.	make a break or pause in order to do something, e.g. Every half hour I stop work to smoke a cigarette.
go on	continue what one has been doing, e.g. How long do you intend to go on playing those bloody records?	change; move on to something new, e.g. He welcomed new students and went on to explain the college regulations
regret	be sorry for what has happened, e.g. I don’t regret telling what I thought, even if it upset her.	be sorry for what one is going to say, e.g. I regret to tell you this, but your car has crashed.

2. attempt, begin, start, continue, cease, can’t bear, intend, advise, allow, permit, propose, recommend, it needs/requires, wants are used both with an infinitive or gerund without change of meaning.

e.g. He advised applying at once.

He advised me to apply at once.

BUT infinitive is more common after attempt, intend, propose

3. try + gerund – when we know the result, e.g. They tried learning this rule.

try + infinitive – when we don’t know about the result of trying, e.g. They tried to learn this rule.

4. interested + gerund – refers to what will (may) happen, e.g. I’m interested in working in Switzerland.

interested + infinitive – refers to what has happened, e.g. I was interested to read about the new technologies.

5. like + gerund – enjoy (infinitive also possible)

like + infinitive – choose to, be in the habit of, think it right to

6. love, hate, prefer – no much difference in meaning, BUT infinitive, when we are referring to one particular occasion.

7. afraid/of – both can be used, BUT gerund, when we are talking about things which happen to us unexpectedly, without our wanting or choosing them

8. sorry + infinitive – when we apologize for something we are doing or about to do

sorry + perfect infinitive, or for+gerund – when we apologize for something we have done

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