Gerunds and infinitives in English
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This chapter will discuss the gerunds that follow an infinitive in English.
There are two situations in English in which the infinitive must be followed by a gerund.
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Infinitives that must be followed by gerunds | Example |
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Abhor | She abhors making homework. |
Acknowledge | She acknowledges his studying hard for the exams. |
Admit | I admit wasting money. |
Advise | You advise saving money. |
Allow | She allows using laptops in class. |
Anticipate | She anticipates travelling to the United States next month. |
Avoid | She avoids using the elevator. |
Celebrate | She celebrates working at the company for 10 years. |
Confess | He confesses stealing from the company. |
Consider | Mike considers buying a new bike. |
Defend | She defends buying a new bike, because her other bike got stolen. |
Delay | She delays the meeting to next week. |
Discontinue | She discontinued working with him. |
Discuss | They discussed living together. |
Encourage | I encourage travelling the world. |
Enjoy | You enjoyed travelling through Asia. |
Escape | We escaped running through the woods. |
Fancy | I fancy walking on the beach. |
Finish | We finished making homework and went home. |
Forgive | They forgive running in the classroom. |
Imagine | You imagined living in Spain. |
Keep | They keep learning something everyday. |
Like | They liked going there. |
Love | He loved having her here. |
Mention | We mentioned living in London before. |
Mind | He doesn't mind smoking. |
Miss | She misses spending time with her family. |
Permit | They will permit fishing. |
Picture | He pictures travelling to Asia. |
Propose | They proposed living in Amsterdam. |
Postpone | She postponed living in London for a year. |
Practice | Practice playing soccer every day. |
Prefer | I prefer running for an hour. |
Recommend | They recommended running before dinner. |
Resist | She resisted studying. |
Resume | I resumed speaking when he left the room. |
Stop | He stops smoking immediately. |
Suggest | She suggested helping each other. |
Support | We supported spending time with our grandmother. |
Understand | She understands helping each other. |
Urge | She urges spending time in homework. |
Some infinitives need the preposition 'to' when the gerund follows.
Infinitive | Example |
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Admit to | You admitted to saying something mean about her. |
Be used to | I am getting used to waking up at 6 o'clock. |
Commit to | She is committed to working hard. |
Confess to | He confessed to being the one that left the door open. |
Get used to | I am getting used to waking up at 6 o'clock. |
Look forward to | He is looking forward to having you here. |
Object to | She objected to admitting that it was her fault. |
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