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2015-12-17 Grammar: gerund/infinitive meaning changes

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. [email protected]
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  4. ---
  5. Homework: p. 112 exercises 5 and 6
  6. 3 deny, consider
  7. 4 admit (we often say “admit to” instead of just “admit”)
  8. 5 (nothing)
  9. 6 can’t help
  10. 7 (nothing)
  11. 8 give up
  12. 9 avoid, quit
  13. 10 practice
  14. 11 include
  15. 12 resist
  16. 13 keep on, keep
  17. exercise 6
  18. I give up being in a hurry all the time.
  19. I avoid disagreeing with other people. (I avoid having disagreements.)
  20. I practice listening to English every day.
  21. ---
  22. Remember, some words can go with both gerunds and infinitives but the meaning changes:
  23. I quit teaching English. = I was teaching English, and then I quit that job.
  24. I quit to teach English. = I quit a different job in order to teach English.
  25.  
  26. This is an infinitive of purpose, which you can put at the end of almost any sentence (including sentences that finish with words normally followed by gerunds).
  27. What do you suggest to reduce my stress?
  28. = you suggest [What?] (in order) to reduce my stress
  29.  
  30. Who did you go with to buy food?
  31. = you went with [Who?] (in order) to buy food
  32. ---
  33. More generally, when the verb changes meaning, the gerund meaning is for an action that really (already) happened, and the infinitive is for an action that hasn’t yet or only may happen.
  34. I tried closing the window. = I closed the window (but it didn’t help my problem).
  35. I tried to close the window. = I attempted it, but I couldn’t close the window.
  36.  
  37. I remembered closing the window. = I closed the window, and then I remembered that action.
  38. I remembered to close the window. = I remembered my obligation, and then I closed it.
  39.  
  40. I forgot closing the window. = I closed the window, but then I forgot that action.
  41. I forgot to close the window. = I forgot my obligation, so I didn’t close the window.
  42. I forgot (that I was) closing the window.
  43. I forgot (that I had) to close the window.
  44.  
  45. I regret informing you of the problem. = I informed you, and now I regret it.
  46. I regret to inform you that… = I regret it first, and then I inform you.
  47. ---
  48. Homework: p. 113 exercise 7
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