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Infinitive and V-ing forms
В данном правиле речь идёт о том, какие глаголы принимают форму инфинитива с частицей to, а какие принимают форму V-ing.
Например, глаголы hope, expect и learn обычно используются с инфинитивом.
He learnt to ski in the Alps last winter.
После некоторых глаголов (tell, advise, ask) инфинитив следует за дополнением.
He asked his friend to bring him a book.
С такими глаголами, как enjoy, finish, admit, mind, feel like, can't help, look forward to, prevent используется форма V-ing.
We can't help smiling when we saw her.
Некоторые глаголы, такие как begin, start, like, love, hate, continue, cease могут использоваться как с инфинитивом, так и с формой V-ing, и в таком случае их значения различны лишь немного или не отличаются вовсе.
She likes to read fantasy books. / She likes reading fantasy books.
He continued to work. / He continued studying.
Иногда значение меняется, если мы используем ту или иную форму.
We mean to finish this project no matter what happens. = to be determined to do it, to intend.
She's determined to get a ticket for the concert even if it means paying a lot of money. = to signify, to result in.
They regret to inform us that our request has been rejected. = to feel regret for an action first and then to do the action.
She regrets spending so much money because now she has lost her job. = to do an action first and later to regret it.
Remember to call us tomorrow. = to remember an action first and then to do the action.
I remember spending time together when we were both little kids.= to do an action first and later to remember it.
I stopped to pick up the key. = to stop in order to do another action.
I stopped eating fish three years ago. = to quit.
I tried to find a well-paid job. = to attempt to do something.
John tried asking his sister to help him. = to experiment, to do an action in order to test what happens.
- Den hopes
[to get|getting]
a job at that restaurant. - Jessy asked Fiona and Bella
[visiting|to visit]
their grandparents this summer. - We enjoy
[to go|going]
to Montenegro once in a while. - I expect Ann and Will
[to help|helping]
me with my project. - Mandy, do you mind
[sleeping|to sleep]
on a sofa tonight? - My sister told her boyfriend
[to play|playing]
tennis without her on Saturday. - Philip decided to stay at home. He didn't feel like
[to go|going]
to the cinema. - Brad and Nina love
[eating|eat]
sushi. - I advised him
[submitting|to submit]
an application to a foreign university. - Dolly learned
[to swim|swimming]
right in that old pool.