Improve your English: "I stopped smoking" or "I stopped to smoke"?

[@jjallstar8287]

I stopped to talk = I stopped "in order" to talk I stopped talking = I shut up

[@karenmelissa1947]

thank you!! I was not getting the idea

[@Pygmygerbil88]

Totaly informative tnx.😂😂😂

[@putrasangfajar34]

This is more easier explanation.. Thx 😊

[@LorenzoKiki]

Thanks, you saved almost 9 minutes of my life. 👍

[@raquelmosqueda8100]

That was easy hahaha

[@gw2arenanet876]

Wow 6 years of learning English and I just found out about that huge difference now. Thank you so much ☺️

[@parbatrai1345]

Same here

[@philosophyversuslogic]

The same! Mama mia, I just didn't get thig until watching this video! Emma is lovely!

[@Tersy89]

A simpler way to understand the difference: a) use "to" if you are talking about a CHANGE between two actions that can't be done at the same time (or you think the subject can't do them at the same time). Ex: I can't read and answer the phone. So I've stopped to answer. (read ---> answer); b) use "ing" if you just want to express the END of that action. Ex: I stopped reading (read ---> no more reading). I think that it doesn't apply for the verb START, you can use only the -ing form. Why? Because there's no "before" in starting, you don't interrupt anything and so you don't have to explain what happened before. You just say: I start reading. (Please, correct my statement if it's wrong) Hope it could be helpful for someone. ;)

[@rhiatmohammed5927]

Tersycore thank you so much

[@wilderichard]

Tersycore Tersycore Obviously there's a difference!! *_A) It starts(1st action) raining:_* 1. It focuses or refers to whole action of raining(as a noun rain). 2. There is a third action thank to the second action( For instance, this problem appears(3rd action) when it starts raining) *_B) It starts to rain._* This one focuses on the first point that it starts raining (one drop of water, 2, 3,... so on and raining(rain))

[@Aliyah-r2c]

thank you

[@Aliyah-r2c]

Wilder thank you

[@wilderichard]

Your welcome! Lee Eva ✌😛

[@carlospedraza8604]

I love her classes. Short, and to the point. Easy to understand and to remember. She is also so sweet.

[@crucibleofworlds1882]

you're so sweet while you talk! thank you for the lessons!

[@audaym.h.9574]

Exactly, I love listening to her.

[@missrose7772]

Wow did u take the course too😀😀?

[@nyionx]

Yes you are right

[@banavathubalajinaik2614]

Yas yo are right😎😘🥰🥰🤩😍♥️💘💕💞💗😃😀👌✌️🥵🤣😿🙀😽😁

[@-RichardGinting]

As i know, if you use "while" the following verb will be Verb + "Ing" CMIIW

[@alfonso2169]

A very natural and a real teacher for us. Thank you.

[@marcelomoreira4624]

If anybody is studying Portuguese: I stopped to talk. Eu parei para conversar. I stopped talking. Eu parei de conversar. I stopped to smoke. Eu parei para fumar. I stopped smoking. Eu parei de fumar. I stopped to watch TV. Eu parei para assistir TV. I stopped watching TV. Eu parei de assistir TV. I stopped to study. Eu parei para estudar. I stopped studying. Eu parei de estudar. And so on...

[@nacional-pw4wt]

I think so ☺

[@marcelomoreira4624]

@@nacional-pw4wt I'm brazilian, you can believe me 😊

[@fernandalino5437]

Obrigada 🤗

[@marcelomoreira4624]

@@fernandalino5437 De nada, se precisar de ajuda e estiver ao meu alcance, deixe a pergunta 😄

[@aliceangerami1245]

Perfect. Actually, TO here is not part of the verb in the infinitive. It's a preposition.

[@isadorarafales6543]

Thank you Emma. I have been using both of these sentence patterns but I wasn't able to successfully scrutinize the difference between gerrund and infinitivea after the word "stopped", though I applied them correctly in conversing with others. As a second language learner, this video is a big help and a kind of enlightenment. Love from the Philippines.😊

[@LutClassiChfi]

this one is really useful for my Cambridge test, thankyou so much Emma!

[@ferran5344]

Hi Emma, I am from Catalonia (Spain) and I study English. Your video has solved a question I have had for a long time. An excellent explanation. Thank you so much. I wish you the best. Regards.

[@robertoantoniello3268]

God bless you Emma, a very straightforward and clear lesson. Finally i've understood either difference and meaning between these two verb form. Thanks for all your efforts and support.

[@ritaabchi3255]

you have a very easy way to explain. I usually understand everything you say. Thank you!

[@hashim1744]

I'm Iraqi. Can we get know better

[@MiguelAngel-oq7mj]

Amazing! Now I know the difference! Always improving our english!

[@englishbyteswithsiribon2391]

I learned another lesson in this topic. I like the way you teach. You have a broad knowledge of your topic. Thank you very much.

[@resulozdemir1481]

if Emma teach quantum physics whole people can learn it. :)

[@kafadoktoru4315]

😂 emma can do it

[@BENTAIWAN557]

I stopped to listen your explanation about infinitive and gerund. Now I am clear. Thank you so much.

[@isaacnunes252]

Good lesson, now I learned the difference between these two ways to communicate. Thanks a lot!

[@edvanbomfim6772]

I stopped what I was doing just to start to listen to you for this awesome explanation because I always had a doubt about this grammar point, thank you so much for becoming it so clear to me.

[@elhimmelstein1913]

Emma thank you! I always love your explanations.

[@listeningeveryday4992]

a good teacher

[@saqrblog]

Great lessons .. شرح للإخوة العرب : الأول ستوب تو سموك .. يعني توقف لكي يدخن الثاني صيغة المصدر ستوب سموكنق .. يعني توقف عن التدخين مطلقاً ، يعني توقف عن فعل شيء للأبد إن شاء الله واضح :)

[@linlin-gk8sw]

الله يجزيك الخير عدت الفيديو كم مرة ومافهمت شي بعد شرحك بالعربي هلا فهمت الله يجزيك الف خير يارب

[@elenshemona3001]

Thank you for good lesson. Finally I begin to understand.

[@virabhimanuyutrilochun3460]

VIR TRILOCHUN FROM MAURITIUS There are many different ways to explain things it depends on who is explaining. Emma is doing all that she can and I have followed quite a lot of her courses on youtube. I can say it is very simple and easy to understand.

[@fufu8174]

I stopped to talk to him (so it is like assume I was walking on the street, and then I actually stopped walking, so that I can talk to him) I stopped talking to him (it is like I’m not talking to him anymore, I stopped talking to him for a day, a year, or forever, up to you personally) I hope you get the idea.

[@Ranasulay]

We can spaek as “I stopped for taking with him”

[@virgilventura8138]

"I stopped to talk" means the speaker (I) who stopped (walking) has yet to realize an intention (to talk).

[@alpha6omega7]

Emma teaching skill is very good, her youtube is small but each topic is very useful, especial for non native english people. I love to follow her and expect her new youtube, very nice, Thx Emma.

[@Aprilria0813]

Appreciate about explain easy way. I understood everything what you say. This video sooooooo good. "I stopped to watch Emma's english class." Have a great day!! Xx

[@treekim4062]

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[@alainouattara562]

You understood everything.

[@marykorah7981]

Hallo, I am a native English speaker but your vdos helped me immensely to pass the ielts general. I got an 8.5 band score. Very grateful and God bless your efforts to help others further!

[@allaboutbusinessmarketing]

Thank you so much Emma. You make it easy for me to understand English better. ^_^

[@juliofialho7370]

This is the best English channel from youtube that I've ever see in my life, exceptional high quality, marvelous preacher she has a extremely suitable manner to explain us, concise and direct God bless you Emma e a todos os BR 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷aki do canal kkkkk

[@blessingbrown4777]

you give excellent lectures!!

[@agapihanialidi1879]

Hello, Emma! That's Agapi from Greece! Another clear, understandable and very helpful lesson!!! And your explanations were so comprehensible!!! Thank you a lot! Have my appreciation, Emma! Right now, I am stopping the study...to rest... Good rest and you, Emma!

[@wajihanadim711]

I stopped wasting my time in useless activities.. And I stopped to watch your lesson..thanks for this great lesson:)

[@Hi-Im-GojoSatoru]

💀 god damn!

[@leticiasouza4107]

We use gerund: 1- After prepositions : There’s no hope OF finding survivors. 2-After this verbs: come, go, admit, avoid, appreciate, consider, continue, delay, detest, deny, enjoy, escape, finish, imagine, keep, miss, practice, resist, suggest, stop, try, understand. Examples: I enjoy listening to music. Go shopping requires time and money. I continue studying day by day. I appreciate drinking hot cocoa during the winter.

[@tarkan20041]

I was walking on the road last day.I saw my old friend so I stopped to speak by him.

[@ahmedbusati209]

I think you mean to say: I stopped to talk (to) him! Don't you???

[@younusqiyasi5627]

I stopped to watch your lesson and I stopped getting confused anymore. so simply you have solved my problem

[@Islam_makes_Peaceful_soul]

Waw!! Good one!! Need more examples! Thanks 😊 I got across your this lecture easily.

[@andressasilva6727]

I'm brazilian and I'm learning English, thanks for your videos, it's really helpful

[@darudaru1561]

very very useful,,thank a lot Emma, you're a good teacher

[@henrich139]

You made me understand in minutes what some teachers tried to explain me in weeks. You made it to easy. Thanks a lot

[@Za_Sephiroth]

Whoa, took me a while but I finally understood the difference! Thanks Emma

[@macdonald1032]

You are my favourite teacher. God bless you tremendously.

[@cescfw]

it was very useful. thank you

[@ameerkhan680]

I love you. your lectures are very useful.thanks.

[@luisrosales5492]

I am learning english right now , and with this video learned how to use this gramatic, .. thank you miss, I will watch more videos to learn more english.

[@robertosouza2614]

Infinitive : you stopped what you're doing...to start another action. Gerund: you don't do Something anymore.

[@MobileGamingWithTar]

nfinitive : as a pause on what you're doing... and start to do something else. Gerund: you don't do Something anymore.

[@Kamadev888]

no, it is not a pause. stop + to + inf = you stop what you're doing in order to do something else. He stopped to eat means he stopped whatever he was doing (e.g. driving) in order to eat.

[@robertosouza2614]

@@Kamadev888 perfectly understood. Thanks a lot. You interrupted an action to start another one.

[@tvper8417]

Thanks for your excellent explanations ma'am . I'm from Sri Lanka not a native English speaker but your absolutely clear teaching method stopped me searching for a perfect teacher of talking English while teaching useful grammar terms which are always confussable. Thanks a lot again.

[@joiltonneri8201]

:-) This "Okay" is beautiful.... Good class Teacher!

[@baledweyn1]

Emma is one of the best teachers in the world,,

[@valerykolganov9565]

I stopped to read a newspaper to watch English grammar on youtube. I stopped wasting my time doing useless things.

[@DanielaGorone]

Valery Kolganov no! I stopped reading to watch English etc.

[@iamspruce]

@@DanielaGorone I stopped reading newspaper to watch English grammar on KZbin. Is it correct?

[@DanielaGorone]

Irfan عرفان perfect

[@erykwandal3142]

Thanks a lot for your support and help ! I wish you a wonderful healthy life !

[@DianaPerez-ly9xd]

I stopped talking with him

[@Cata2404Mora]

Thank you! You are so organized. You always explain everything in such detail that there is no space for doubts.

[@fazilrahman799]

Your nation please?

[@alanbrown6440]

I stopped watching other tutorials after i met Emma First action: Watching other tuts Second action: Discovering Emma Third action: Stop watching others Next action: Marry Emma

[@mrharold5153]

Very funy

[@Addicted-Runner_2108]

Hh funny explanation

[@sonam0007]

you are really helpful instructor to the English language beginners. I really enjoy listening your teaching. thank you so much

[@PROACE]

very useful

[@matlindell5022]

By far the clearest explanations on KZbin !

[@perfectsquare2167]

“To” is the preposition .

[@leonardovalarezo8840]

For Spanish Native Speakers is easier to explain it like this: I stopped to talk = Yo paré para hablar. I stopped talking = Yo dejé de hablar (yo me callé). This is a good example: "I was walking down the street and suddenly I stopped to talk on my cellphone" Sometimes it's important to use more words or larger sentences in order to explain an idea in a better way.. Thank you very much for your video....!

[@rupeshsolanki1163]

it such difficult for me to understand.... I understood 70 %.... infinitive use for temporary.... and gerund use for stopped for alway.... is this right ?

[@amirasianova5214]

exactly

[@sohailquraishi6305]

U r right with gerund.

[@angelrussell750]

Ed in verbs is past tense stopped ing is also a present tense I am talking to you. There are phone apps for verbs. :)

[@angelrussell750]

I didn't get it either and I finally got it later on.

[@JuanDiaz-tz1kg]

If you speak Spanish you can think of "to" like the Spanish preposition "para". That's the way I can think of it and understand it. Thank you for the video, it was so helpful.

[@bosconaingthang314]

I stopped using Facebook anymore !!

[@mohamedrachid4740]

+bosconaing thang I understood why ^^ Because I did the same thing ;)

[@xerivxman6795]

bosconaing thang me too

[@Nahutab1907]

I never used to

[@batra204]

anymore is notneeded in this structure

[@pavlosakharov2879]

You are a lair

[@imsun8812]

She is brilliant. Thanks for all your great work.

[@LapuLapuMagellan]

I stopped walking to talk. Is this correct?

[@robbykidman]

Lapu-Lapu Magellan that's correct too. but you can make it better and more understandable. "i stopped to talk". there is no need to put walking. we can assume the action.

[@LapuLapuMagellan]

Thanks! rob ord

[@VladimirFedorov236]

I think in this case there is no difference what to use: infinitive or gerund, imho @@ashurawat9000

[@abhishekmishra5424]

I consider myself lucky to have a subscription of your channel. engVid is really doing a great job.

[@MrSumon90]

confused more!!!!

[@kabocommunication4173]

I can't thank you enough.

[@nyanjuradoreenomutatina1051]

Me too!

[@김현철-t3m9z]

I still doing watch emma's english lessons to get developed my level of English despite it is old video! I can't stop to watch emma's KZbin channel!!!

[@fabrizzioduenas4770]

I think the right way is: I can't stop watching Emma's.....

[@김현철-t3m9z]

@@fabrizzioduenas4770 thanks man i didn't know that my grammar mistake when i entered comments on here... have a wonderful day bro

[@rebanikamel447]

I stopped to watch your lesson, but I will never stop watching your lessons . That's it .thank you very much

[@albiss1164]

I would have thought, at first, that 'stopped to' was wrong. But this video took me to a new level at understanding English. Thank you so much! :)

[@masumahmed-kq9os]

You're teaching skills is outstanding, I really enjoyed you're lessons

[@giovannigarcia5471]

Emma, your way of teaching is great, I never get bored learning from your videos! Thank you!!! Giovanni García, from Medellín, Colombia.

[@saidzay623]

Thank so much Emma, I'm from Morocco and I have a BA degree in ther English language, believe me this is the first time I understand the difference between the 2 expressions, because this wasn't explained to us in the same way you did. Keep on abd have a nice week.

[@shaharefinahmed2563]

Best teacher ever.

[@bazoo513]

*Finally!* A YT English instructor who calls gerund "gerund", not "-ing form" (which other KZbinrs also use for present participle and verbal noun - they all _do_ look the same, but serve different purposes.)

[@anvarahmedov3455]

Hi ,Emma my dear ! As usual I get the best instruction about what does "Stop" mean with infinitive that's with "to" and what does it mean with gerund that's with "ing". I have known about their diffirences .Thank u so much. I stopped sleeping .😄😄 And I stopped to watch Emma's interesting lessons.😉.

[@Xisto011]

Thanks for the class teacher. It looks complicated, but when you take the nuance is easy to figure out the differences between them. Anyway, thanks again for the class and greetings from Brazil.

[@vikrammanchanda6904]

Thankyou ma'am for teaching me the difference between infinitive and gerund in this context. I mean how the meaning gets changed when we use infinitive and gerund after stopped. Wonderful topic you chose and how wonderfully you taught. Thankyou once again.

[@nazirouousmanesow4259]

It means you stop one action to start another one and the second case the action is complety over. Thank i really apreciate.

[@edilsonm95]

Thank you very much ... You're the best teacher on KZbin..

[@animemovies6580]

Wow first time to know this actually, i don't why english teachers don't teach us this little useful things.

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello dear teacher Thank you so much for your interesting information about English,i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time. All the best. Your Student from Algeria

[@cocodrilo5134]

Finally, I released about the difference between those examples, thanks.

[@mirbekkurmanbaev3016]

Emma you're simply the best! Thank you very much for such informative lessons!

[@MegaFranco1970]

I love Emma a lot and this tip about how to use the ing and the infinitive form of the verbs took out my doubts. From Brazil, FORTALEZA, CEARÁ.

[@mhirtomas198]

This video was very interesting, it makes me interested not only because i understood the dependence between infinitive and gerunt, but it's also because she explained how it's happening and how to form them, Thank you .

[@brunahorta2854]

your English is really great to understand and you saved me on the test tomorrow❤️

[@m.sdepartment5141]

What an amazing example. I have just found the difference now. You are amazing. Appreciate for that lesson. 😱🤩

[@daudarshou430]

hi miss Emma i don't know how to thanks you for u your clearly Enough lessons how ever thanks very much for your much for all ur videos good bless u you're a great very Educate respectful and beautiful inside and out teacher good bless thanks

[@annikahackel1018]

You explain better than my english teacher ! Greets from Germany

[@Prophet86]

Emma you're so awesome! I've been studying English for years and never got such an important difference! Thank you so much!

[@abdiqadirahmedxussen6630]

Thanks giving you all your lessons

[@budimanjayaaphin7327]

I like your English lessons. You speak so clearly. from me Budiman Jaya Aphin in Ketapang West Kalimantan Indonesia

[@abacuc1983]

Best way to learn english with u...thanks a lot

[@coxixx]

The best video for using two verbs .

[@donauwi.3447]

I wish I had you as my English teacher when I began learning English🥰

[@ice7mayu]

best English teacher ever

[@veronicacarvalho5746]

I don't have a doubt about it anymore. Thanks!

[@hannaivashyna8781]

I stopped ( Why?) in order to talk. The reason why I stopped is to talk. I got it. Thank you.

[@tuja2475]

Emma is my best English Teacher

[@leandrosiqueira9305]

wow, I won't having doubts anymore... thanks a lot!!! it was the most easier way to show how this rules work. it used to let me so confused, but it won't happening again, you're great!!!

[@ksolanki11]

HI EMMA, YOU ARE A MASTER IN EXPLAINING AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

[@elenateslenko3187]

Thank you Emma! Just simple explanation

[@gagansandhu1210]

You're a perfect teachers for me i believe. Very thanks to you for this amazing videos.