2014-08-07 Structure: gerund/infinitive meaning changes

Homework:
p. 292-293, exercises 2 and 3
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exercise 2
2 warned me not to put off
3 wanted me to make
4 was important to experience / would be important...
5 forced me to study
6 was fortunate to graduate
7 expected to pass
8 required me/us to write
9 refused to accept
10 caused me to fail
11 advised me to retake (advised retaking)
12 encouraged me to start
exercise 3		       (also correct in this case:)
2 not to have heard		not to hear
3 not to have understood	not to understand
4 to have gotten		to get
5 to have finished		(to finish)
6 to have been hit		(These three actions
7 to have fed			happened before the main
8 not to have done		verbs of the sentences.)
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Verbs that change meaning with gerund or infinitive:
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I stopped eating fast food.
= I used to eat fast food, but then I quit for my health.
= first I ate, then I stopped

I stopped to eat fast food.
= I stopped another action in order to eat fast food.
= first I stopped, then I ate

I remembered locking the door.
= first I locked, then I remembered
(I remembered the past action of locking the door.)

I remembered to lock the door.
= first I remembered, then I locked
(I remembered my duty or responsibility to lock the door.)

I forgot locking the door.
= I locked the door, but then I forgot about this action.

I forgot to lock the door.
= I forgot my responsibility, and then I didn't lock the door.

I regret telling you that your boyfriend was cheating.
= I told you first, and now I regret this past action.

I regret to tell you that your boyfriend was cheating.
= I regret now my duty to tell you this in a second.
(regret to tell / regret to inform)

I went on teaching my class, despite the interruption.
= First I was teaching, and then I continued without stopping.
(go on + gerund = opposite of stop + gerund)

I went on to teach at a much bigger school the following year.
= First I was doing another thing, and then I taught at a bigger school.
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I tried opening the window, but it didn't help.
= I experimented with the solution of opening the window.
= I really opened the window.

I tried to open the window, but it was locked.
= I made an effort to open it, but I couldn't do it.
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Handout p. 241
a/b = remember and forget
c/d = regret
e/f = try
1 a
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 b
6 d
7 d
8 c
9 c
10 f
11 f
12 e
13 e
a = remember/forget + infinitive
b = remember/forget + gerund
c = regret + gerund
d = regret + infinitive
e = try + gerund
f = try + infinitive
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p. 294 exercise 5
2 Jack types too slowly to finish it on time.
3 Marcy has enough time to save enough money to buy the car.
4 It's too late for her to prepare the dinner.
5 Sally doesn't eat enough food to stay healthy.
6 Carlos is intelligent enough to pass the course.
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Homework: p. 302