Applied Grammar: Verb Patterns

Which verbs take gerunds? Which take infinitives? Which take both?

Grammar–lexis connection

Which verbs take gerunds? Which take infinitives? Which take both?

enjoy

takes gerund ONLY: enjoy + -ing

want

takes infinitive ONLY: want + to + verb

start

takes BOTH gerund and infinitive with no meaning change

stop

GERUND = cease the action; INFINITIVE = pause in order to do something else

remember

GERUND = recall a past action; INFINITIVE = remember to do something future

Examples in use

enjoy

I enjoy cooking at the weekend.

want

She wants to learn Spanish.

start

It started raining / It started to rain.

stop

He stopped smoking. / He stopped to smoke.

remember

I remember meeting her. / Remember to call him.

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