INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

Infinitives and gerunds

Many verbs in English can be combined with verbs in the gerund (doing) or infinitive (to do) form. Some verbs which can take both forms have a change in meaning depending on whether the verb is followed by the gerund or the infinitive. These are the most common ones:

REMEMBER

REGRET

STOP

TRY

FORGET

Try to Do: To encourage someone to do something

Regret to Do: Use it in the case that someone must do something that is unpleasant

Stop to Do: To say that someone stops one action in order to do another action

Remember to Do: When speaking about something someone should do

Forget to Do: To indicate that someone did not do something.

Regret Doing: To express that someone doesn't like what they did at some time in the past

Try Doing: To speak about an experiment or something that is new

Remember Doing: To speak about a memory that someone has

Stop Doing: To show that someone has completely quit some action. This form is often used when speaking about bad habits.

Forget Doing: To say that someone doesn't remember something that they have done in the past.