Common verbs followed by GERUNDS or INFINITIVES

Small mistakes are often made when it comes to gerunds and infinitives. Therefore, it's important to understand - and practice - which verbs are followed by a gerund and which are followed by an infinitive.
Below are a couple of helpful resources. The first is a list of some common verbs and whether they are followed by a gerund, infinitive, or both. The next resource is Google's Ngram Viewer. This allows us to compare the frequency of different words and phrases.
Using Gerunds and Infinitives (Resource): www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/repos...
Google Ngram Viewer: books.google.com/ngrams/
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Thank you for this lesson! Using Gerund or Infinitive about verbs is a complicated grammar question. You give a very useful explanation and a helpful quiz. I should like to add that in my opinion we use Gerund after the verb like when we talk about general actions, for example: I like buying in this supermarket, that is I regularly go to this supermarket, because I like it. But when I say - I like to by in this supermarket, I meen that I should like to go to this supermarket, which has been recently opened and they say it is a good one. Greetings from Bulgaria.

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Hmm…here’s a different perspective. In the example for “Please continue _________ the LIKE button.” If you use the gerund “hitting,” it could imply that you were already hitting the button, whereas, if you use the infinitive “to hit,” it could imply that you hit the LIKE button in other videos and you are asking that we continue to in this video and others as well. 😊

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And when do we use TO + … ING, like … to seeing . . . ?

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I have a question. The verb ''REGRET'' is on the list ''common verbs followed by a gerund''. So, the first statement is ''The regret TO INFORM you that the concert has been canceled.'' Could you help me, please? I didn't follow you. Thanks!

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I actually think regret belongs to that later group of verbs, where you can use both infinitive and gerund and it's different meanings. There's I regret to tell you, I regret to inform you and so on (expressing sadness that you have to do something) and there's I regret quitting my job. I regret telling him that story - where you regret something you did in the past. Am I right or I am right? ;)

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To inform

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The dentist advised flossing after every meal.

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To take

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Infinitive ...one

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1st to be star 2nd already started

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Taking

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I waited to see what would happen.

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Training

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Flossing

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I regret to inform I waited to see We considered taking He manadge to keep his nose clean Lets postpone training for He didnt expect missing the shot(sorry is there any rulrs in help maybe) The students admited cheating on exam I stopped using

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To nform

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Regret to admit wait to see Consider keeping Manage to perform Advise washing Can't stand/Love/Hate/Prefer/Like eating to eat

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ı waited to see what would happen .

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Missing

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