He's one of the best english teacher, his classes are long and complete and there's no space for doubt with him it seems that he put himself in our places and that's why he knows exactly what we could ask him.No doubt he's one of the best . thank you teacher your way of teaching is very good, please don't stop , although one day we'll be able ''to walk alone'' this will be thanks to your help, and i'm sure new students will come for you .Cláudio from Brazil.
You are unbelievably great teacher. Your teaching method is clear simple and attractive. I wish I had seen your lessons months before. Please keep uploading. THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH.
Really, one of the ever best Engish teachers I have seen on RUclips; I watched for tons of teachers, but you are one of my best ever three teachers, even I wish to be honored by learning from you face-to-face. Sincerely, Ahmad from Egypt,
Hello! I Just want to thank you for posting these videos, they are immensely helpful and very easy to understand. I teach ESL in Russia and I sometimes have a hard time explaining to my students some things, because I'm not a native speaker of english, so - thank you again and very well done indeed! Looking forward to seeing new excellent stuff!
Dave, you are sooooo generous! I really appreciate your lessons, which are very helpful. Thanks a lot for sharing. I''ll buy every course I can, because I really want to thank you.
Great thanks. There are a lot of online and paper materials about difference between gerund and infinitive. But this material is the best I have ever read and listened. Now, I have no questions in my mind concerning this issue.
Granted, sometimes the choice of an infinitive or gerund does not really affect meaning or minimally affects the meaning of a verb complement. As in: I prefer to eat fish every day=I prefer eating fish every day. However, with certain types of verbs (verbs of emotion and verbs of completion/incompletion), the meaning *is affected by the choice of infinitive or gerund, isn't it, Dave? We often use gerunds to describe real, vivid, or fulfilled actions, whereas we often tend to use infinitives to describe potential, hypothetical, or future events, don't we? E.g. Verbs of emotion: Did you like dancing at the party last night? (*actual event) Do you like to dance? I know a good nightclub. (*potential event) I preferred studying chemistry over biology. (*actual event) I prefer to study chemistry in the future. (*potential event) Concur? Great video.
today i relised how much important a teacher is .I have been trying to learn this lesson through books for a long time but could n't understand it .Today You made it very clear .Thanks a lot.
Great video as usual. Your channel is something I came across very recently and I am just catching up on your videos now but boy do I wish I had found them sooner. You are no doubt the best teacher for me. Even though I live in the US and I prefer the US accent, I just love watching your videos. I like how you cover your topics of information and not just that you include as much information as necessary to drive the your point home and then some. Please keep up this great work of yours. Your channel is deserving and worthy of more subs/views compared to some of the other good youtube teachers.
Great video one of those topics that confuse learners.My students find it hard to choose between gerund and infinitive when it comes to some verbs like stop, regret, try, forget and remember.But they get it after giving them my tricks.
Hi Sir, perfectly explained in details, I knew the list of verbs where meaning changes but you explained why and how that have cleared all doubts. You are a great English teacher.
You are sincere and full of goodwill . It is a pleasure to listen and to follow your lessons . Learning with your method of teaching builds in me confident to look forward to further my English studies. My sincere greeting .
Hello. In the example you mentioned, that "My windows need cleaning" is passive voice. I have checked, that a gerund in the passive voice is being +3rd. Please, explain to me a difference between your example and mine (My windows need being cleaned). Thank you
"My windows need cleaning" is NOT passive voice, but it means the SAME as the passive voice. (My windows need cleaning = My windows need to be cleaned)
Hello teacher. Thank you for sharing about the difference of infinitive and gerund. I learned about them in language school last week though, I didn't get it. Finally I understood the difference on this video. Thank you very much.
Bloody brilliant teaching style. I haven't seen such a video on RUclips in recent time. your accent sounds too good. please upload more more vides in RUclips as well as in vimeo.
Hi, why do we say: “I am looking forward to seeing/ hearing from you.” “To present you with a view to creating greater understanding “ What’s the rule of this form of sentence vis-a-vis gerund? Grateful for your assistance, please. Thanks in advance.
Hi Dave? I had understood from another lessons that there is a difference in (hate, love ,etc) Briefly it is that we should use gerund if we have already lived the experience and to+infinitive if we haven´t. For example:-Every summer I live in Spain for 3 months. I love "living" there.-I have heard about the amazing Spanish weather. I love to live in Spain.I am aware that in the second one, using "would" would make more sense but I´ve seen this case in many exercises.Did I understand it right? If yes, is this something to take into consideration?Thanks a lot for your lessons. I do like yours straight explanations and the structure of the lessons. I also have to say that "the common mistakes" lessons are such a great idea, giving us the correct way and awareness of them even before we commit them. Thanks again. Respect Master Dave! :)
+julian ticotico would like, or ;would love, or would hate are all ONLY to + infinitive. But without would like, love and hate can all be used with to + infinitive OR gerund, with little difference in meaning. Gerund is better for general activities, and to + inf for particular situations.
Using gerunds is that you like experiencing now, while Infinitive is about experiencing when the time comes to experience. I love speaking French( I love it because I am in France). I love to speak French when I go to France ( I will love it when I go to France and speak French)
Hi professor, I have a question, is the same rule you said about the verb begin in non-continuos and continuos tenses for the rest of the verbs ? e.g "She is considering having a holiday" is it correct? not and why... thanks
Hello! There's a sentense: "She *admitted to having* a Glock in her center console" Is "admit to" a collocation like "look forward to" or "be used to" which required gerund after them? And is there any grammar rule about construction "to + gerund", or it is only for the collocations?
really appreciate your effort to explain the infinitive and gerund. However I want to clarify on the following sentence1]"He decided to buy a car" In this context, could I safely deduce that he only has made a decision to buy car and thus he has yet to buy the car. thkqAndrew chew2 months agoreally appreciate your effort to explain the infinitive and gerund. However I want to clarify on the following sentence1]"He decided to buy a car" In this context, could I safely deduce that he only has made a decision to buy car and thus he has yet to buy the car. thkq
Thanks for the clear explanation. It was extremely helpful.Iˋm studying for the CAE and I found an explanation about the difference in the use of go on with gerund and infinitive forms. Is there any difference as well when I use continue? The grammar book uses these examples: I went on working even though it was late. The meaning is "the continuing of an action". But in the infinitive form, The Prime Minister went on to praise the Chancellor. This means the Prime Minister continued his speech by praising the Chancellor. Could you please help me with both meaning? Should I follow the same pattern when using continue?
Personally, I feel that there is an (albeit subtle) difference in meaning when using like, love, hate and prefer. 'I like dancing' and 'I like to dance' mean much the same thing; agreed - but I think that 'to dance' implies something specific, and a certain intention, especially when added to. e.g : I like dancing', (the activity in general) and: 'I like to dance when no-one can see me,' (implies something specific - means that a preference is expressed.) 'To' carries the feeling of a desire or direction ------> something else. The 'ing' infinitive is also often used when expressing an activity, (often general) e.g. 'I love swimming,' 'He remembers having the accident', 'We stopped listening to the music.' The 'to' + infinitive is used when you want to show an intention to do something specific - (but this was covered when 'in order to' was mentioned.) A tricky one for my German students is the verb 'help: 'I helped him to repair his roof', 'She helped them to understand gerunds better.' 'They helped us to carry our luggage'. (Object follows verb) and phrases/set expressions like: 'I can't help loving you', 'He can't help losing his keys,' 'We couldn't help laughing.' (The gerund/ing form IS the object of the sentence.)
can you give more detail on the verbs Recommend and Suggest? I know that not in every case we use the gerunds but also the infinitive ex: I suggest (that) you leave here around four o’clock./The plumber recommended me to buy a new water heater.......can you explain me better ? I am a bit confused about these two verbs thank you.
Thank you so so so much for all the lessons sir, I have been looking for advanced english videos for quite a long time n ur videos are amazing n helping me to level up my english. I have downloaded all of ur video, u r the outstanding tutor ever. If I have any doubts, sure I will come back to u, until to clear my doubts I'm gonna let u sleep peacefully.😁 Subscribe, thumbs up everything's done sir. If any advanced or proficiency books from u, plz do lemme know. Have a gud day sir.💐
hello dear teacher. in the first i wanna say thank you so much for your support the one who love to learn. and actually I'm confused to using ( or. but. like. ) in zero infinitive. is the verbs (or . but . like) is used as preposition or conjuncgtion? please help me if it's possible for you. thanks sir
Could you parse this sentence for me? May I keep looking at the monkeys? I understand it to be May - helping verb, I - S, keep looking - verbal phrase, at - prep., the -art. adj, monkeys - OP. Or would the gerund here be a direct object. If so, could you help me understand why it is DO?
hello. Can you please explain a little more about the regret + to + infinitive. Is it like i am going to say something that would make the person who is talking to me feel unhappy. For example : I regret to tell you that you failed the exam. And if there is any meaning else, please tell me. Best wishes.
I've been wondering how English native speakers recognize whenever they learn a new word. Even if I use my dictionary, I've been still confused. How you can know the new word is gerund, infinitive, or both? Simply, is it memorization?
hi how are you? i am taking the first certificate exam on next wednesday. I would like to know if can i take some skipe lessons with you by skipe to practise the speaking paper. thank you so much. ciro
+Ciro Di Rosa Sure! Add me on Skype 'davetefl' and let's organize the first class. You can find out info such as course materials and prices on my website below, but I understand you want FCE practice. So, I have included a link to my resources. www.skype-lessons.com/ www.skype-lessons.com/fce/
Thank you for this informative, clear lesson. You call this "Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced." Does that mean you did a beginners' lesson on the same topic? If so, could you please give me a link to it? Also, could you please clarify whether there is a difference between a verb followed by an infinitive, where the infinitive is the object of the verb, and a verb followed by a regular noun or pronoun as the object, followed by "to" as a preposition, followed by a verb as an indirect object? In the sentence, "I advise studying more," "studying" is a gerund and it is also the object of the verb. I believe (but I could be wrong) that in the sentence "I advise you to study more," "you" is the subject, "to" is a preposition and "study" is an indirect object. I don't believe that "to study" in that sentence is an infinitive. Do you agree?
hey, thanks for the explanation but im still having a doubt.. in the verb regret, you said in infinitive form means that you need to do something and the examples were like I regret to say, I regret to inform..how could those examples have that meaning? ( need to do something) hope you can help me with that :)
I don't know whether my explanations help but let me try to answer your question. 'I regret to say / inform' means that I feel sad about what I am about to tell you. For example,I regret to inform you that the products were sold out. So, I don't know for sure how 'you need to do something' is related here. Srry if this doesn't help. ^^
He's one of the best english teacher, his classes are long and complete and there's no space for doubt with him it seems that he put himself in our places and that's why he knows exactly what we could ask him.No doubt he's one of the best . thank you teacher your way of teaching is very good, please don't stop , although one day we'll be able ''to walk alone'' this will be thanks to your help, and i'm sure new students will come for you .Cláudio from Brazil.
You are unbelievably great teacher.
Your teaching method is clear simple and attractive.
I wish I had seen your lessons months before.
Please keep uploading.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH.
Really, one of the ever best Engish teachers I have seen on RUclips; I watched for tons of teachers, but you are one of my best ever three teachers, even I wish to be honored by learning from you face-to-face.
Sincerely,
Ahmad from Egypt,
Hello! I Just want to thank you for posting these videos, they are immensely helpful and very easy to understand. I teach ESL in Russia and I sometimes have a hard time explaining to my students some things, because I'm not a native speaker of english, so - thank you again and very well done indeed! Looking forward to seeing new excellent stuff!
+Лиза Пучкова You are very welcome! Thanks for the support
Dave, you are sooooo generous! I really appreciate your lessons, which are very helpful. Thanks a lot for sharing. I''ll buy every course I can, because I really want to thank you.
the best lesson ever about -ing and infinitive form. thank you very much
I Always say... You´re the best teacher on RUclips, your videos are awesome and very well explained. Thanks a lot
Great thanks. There are a lot of online and paper materials about difference between gerund and infinitive. But this material is the best I have ever read and listened. Now, I have no questions in my mind concerning this issue.
Granted, sometimes the choice of an infinitive or gerund does not really affect meaning or minimally affects the meaning of a verb complement. As in: I prefer to eat fish every day=I prefer eating fish every day.
However, with certain types of verbs (verbs of emotion and verbs of completion/incompletion), the meaning *is affected by the choice of infinitive or gerund, isn't it, Dave?
We often use gerunds to describe real, vivid, or fulfilled actions, whereas we often tend to use infinitives to describe potential, hypothetical, or future events, don't we? E.g.
Verbs of emotion:
Did you like dancing at the party last night? (*actual event)
Do you like to dance? I know a good nightclub. (*potential event)
I preferred studying chemistry over biology. (*actual event)
I prefer to study chemistry in the future. (*potential event)
Concur?
Great video.
I am a Spanish teacher. I got everything very clear. Congrats my college!
today i relised how much important a teacher is .I have been trying to learn this lesson through books for a long time but could n't understand it .Today You made it very clear .Thanks a lot.
Great video as usual.
Your channel is something I came across very recently and I am just catching up on your videos now but boy do I wish I had found them sooner. You are no doubt the best teacher for me. Even though I live in the US and I prefer the US accent, I just love watching your videos. I like how you cover your topics of information and not just that you include as much information as necessary to drive the your point home and then some.
Please keep up this great work of yours. Your channel is deserving and worthy of more subs/views compared to some of the other good youtube teachers.
GREAT CLASS AND FANTASTIC TEACHER I LEARN MORE WITH YOU THAN WITH MY ENGLISH TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL, TEACHERS LIKE YOU MAKE MOST ENTERTAINING CLASSES
Great video one of those topics that confuse learners.My students find it hard to choose between gerund and infinitive when it comes to some verbs like stop, regret, try, forget and remember.But they get it after giving them my tricks.
Great lessons you have, teacher. Your channel is bookmarked now. Cheers from Brazil.
Hi Sir, perfectly explained in details, I knew the list of verbs where meaning changes but you explained why and how that have cleared all doubts. You are a great English teacher.
I want to add sth from myself: REMEMBER! Gerunds look BACKWARD infinitives- FORWARD!😌👌
That's a really great way to remember the difference! I will use that in my classes :)
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Wow...that's some nice way to remember it
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You are sincere and full of goodwill . It is a pleasure to listen and to follow your lessons . Learning with your method of teaching builds in me confident to look forward to further my English studies. My sincere greeting .
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this is actually the first time i get Gerund and infinity. Bravoooo
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Fantastic! I will definitely be using these explanations in my classroom! Thank you for posting this!
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This is the best lesson on gerund and infinitive so far I havr come across...Thank you very much
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Hello. In the example you mentioned, that "My windows need cleaning" is passive voice. I have checked, that a gerund in the passive voice is being +3rd. Please, explain to me a difference between your example and mine (My windows need being cleaned). Thank you
"My windows need cleaning" is NOT passive voice, but it means the SAME as the passive voice. (My windows need cleaning = My windows need to be cleaned)
Hello teacher. Thank you for sharing about the difference of infinitive and gerund. I learned about them in language school last week though, I didn't get it. Finally I understood the difference on this video. Thank you very much.
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everything's clear and the way you built your lesson is so good!.I didn't understand this topic before..now i do! thank you!
Bloody brilliant teaching style. I haven't seen such a video on RUclips in recent time. your accent sounds too good. please upload more more vides in RUclips as well as in vimeo.
Hi, why do we say:
“I am looking forward to seeing/ hearing from you.”
“To present you with a view to creating greater understanding “
What’s the rule of this form of sentence vis-a-vis gerund?
Grateful for your assistance, please.
Thanks in advance.
your accent is so clear and understandable that i like it. thank you very much
OMG Thank u son much, I'm learning english, it was too confuse to me to understand infinitive vs gerund, but now I got it. :)
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So useful lesson.Good job,thanks a lot.
Hi Dave? I had understood from another lessons that there is a difference in (hate, love ,etc) Briefly it is that we should use gerund if we have already lived the experience and to+infinitive if we haven´t. For example:-Every summer I live in Spain for 3 months. I love "living" there.-I have heard about the amazing Spanish weather. I love to live in Spain.I am aware that in the second one, using "would" would make more sense but I´ve seen this case in many exercises.Did I understand it right? If yes, is this something to take into consideration?Thanks a lot for your lessons. I do like yours straight explanations and the structure of the lessons. I also have to say that "the common mistakes" lessons are such a great idea, giving us the correct way and awareness of them even before we commit them. Thanks again. Respect Master Dave! :)
+julian ticotico would like, or ;would love, or would hate are all ONLY to + infinitive. But without would like, love and hate can all be used with to + infinitive OR gerund, with little difference in meaning. Gerund is better for general activities, and to + inf for particular situations.
Using gerunds is that you like experiencing now, while Infinitive is about experiencing when the time comes to experience. I love speaking French( I love it because I am in France). I love to speak French when I go to France ( I will love it when I go to France and speak French)
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oh thank you so much)2lessons at school i could't understand differences and how to use..but now understand (y)
Hi professor, I have a question, is the same rule you said about the verb begin in non-continuos and continuos tenses for the rest of the verbs ? e.g "She is considering having a holiday" is it correct? not and why... thanks
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what about the other verbs, where can i find the different usage of them in gerund or infinitives?
Thank you for the lesson! I really like a simle way of your explanations and examples!
Now it is so clear, you are really good explaining, thank you so much! I'm ready for my test now :)
Hello!
There's a sentense: "She *admitted to having* a Glock in her center console"
Is "admit to" a collocation like "look forward to" or "be used to" which required gerund after them?
And is there any grammar rule about construction "to + gerund", or it is only for the collocations?
+Дмитрий Курляндчик admit to + gerund = correct. And it is the same as admit + gerund (or confess to + gerund)
+MrSkypelessons, Thank you very much!
it was so so helpful and I really liked your pronunciation ..thank you
really appreciate your effort to explain the infinitive and gerund. However I want to clarify on the following sentence1]"He decided to buy a car" In this context, could I safely deduce that he only has made a decision to buy car and thus he has yet to buy the car. thkqAndrew chew2 months agoreally appreciate your effort to explain the infinitive and gerund. However I want to clarify on the following sentence1]"He decided to buy a car" In this context, could I safely deduce that he only has made a decision to buy car and thus he has yet to buy the car. thkq
+Andrew chew No. Maybe he has already bought it. Maybe he hasn't.
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Infinitive = Future, while Gerands = past, or so it seems to me. Is this correct? Great information and delivery. Thank you
Can u make a video on splitting of sentences please?
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Thanks for the clear explanation. It was extremely helpful.Iˋm studying for the CAE and I found an explanation about the difference in the use of go on with gerund and infinitive forms. Is there any difference as well when I use continue? The grammar book uses these examples: I went on working even though it was late. The meaning is "the continuing of an action". But in the infinitive form, The Prime Minister went on to praise the Chancellor. This means the Prime Minister continued his speech by praising the Chancellor. Could you please help me with both meaning? Should I follow the same pattern when using continue?
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A lot of info in a short time great video
Personally, I feel that there is an (albeit subtle) difference in meaning when using like, love, hate and prefer.
'I like dancing' and 'I like to dance' mean much the same thing; agreed - but I think that 'to dance' implies something specific, and a certain intention, especially when added to.
e.g : I like dancing', (the activity in general) and: 'I like to dance when no-one can see me,' (implies something specific - means that a preference is expressed.) 'To' carries the feeling of a desire or direction ------> something else.
The 'ing' infinitive is also often used when expressing an activity, (often general) e.g. 'I love swimming,' 'He remembers having the accident', 'We stopped listening to the music.'
The 'to' + infinitive is used when you want to show an intention to do something specific - (but this was covered when 'in order to' was mentioned.)
A tricky one for my German students is the verb 'help:
'I helped him to repair his roof', 'She helped them to understand gerunds better.' 'They helped us to carry our luggage'. (Object follows verb)
and phrases/set expressions like:
'I can't help loving you', 'He can't help losing his keys,' 'We couldn't help laughing.' (The gerund/ing form IS the object of the sentence.)
can you give more detail on the verbs Recommend and Suggest? I know that not in every case we use the gerunds but also the infinitive ex: I suggest (that) you leave here around four o’clock./The plumber recommended me to buy a new water heater.......can you explain me better ? I am a bit confused about these two verbs thank you.
Try my video called 'Reporting verbs, lesson 2'
Thank you so so so much for all the lessons sir, I have been looking for advanced english videos for quite a long time n ur videos are amazing n helping me to level up my english.
I have downloaded all of ur video, u r the outstanding tutor ever.
If I have any doubts, sure I will come back to u, until to clear my doubts I'm gonna let u sleep peacefully.😁
Subscribe, thumbs up everything's done sir.
If any advanced or proficiency books from u, plz do lemme know.
Have a gud day sir.💐
the best lesson about gerund.Thank you very much
I enjoyed this video. Thanks very much!!
I have a question sir, is the gerunds and infinitives are the same with verb patterns?
Many thanks for your very logical explanations. I enjoyed it.
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Hi. Does It happens the same with the verb ENJOY? I mean, I can say I enjoy working here and I am enjoyng to sing this song?
+Claudio Santos No
Very useful lesson.
Thank you.
hello dear teacher. in the first i wanna say thank you so much for your support the one who love to learn. and actually I'm confused to using ( or. but. like. ) in zero infinitive. is the verbs (or . but . like) is used as preposition or conjuncgtion? please help me if it's possible for you. thanks sir
you are a great teacher .Thank you very much
Hi, I have a question.. in the following sentence "Mike got George to wash his car". Why is it to wash and not washing ?
thank you very much for your lesson ) it's useful and easy to understand )))
What about after auxiliary verbs like "do" and "did"? "Do you like swimming" or "Do you like to swim?" We use gerund or to+infinitive?
+Mariana Kuramoto Tyhey After 'like' both are grammatically correct
Thank you so much for reminding me to use gerunds in the correct sentences.
Lol
Could you parse this sentence for me? May I keep looking at the monkeys? I understand it to be May - helping verb, I - S, keep looking - verbal phrase, at - prep., the -art. adj, monkeys - OP. Or would the gerund here be a direct object. If so, could you help me understand why it is DO?
I don't understand your question. Try rephrasing it. 'Looking' is the gerund in your sentence
Interesting lesson !!
hello. Can you please explain a little more about the regret + to + infinitive. Is it like i am going to say something that would make the person who is talking to me feel unhappy. For example : I regret to tell you that you failed the exam. And if there is any meaning else, please tell me. Best wishes.
Thanks! An excellent video! It's very helpful
sir , could you please make a video on simple passive gerund ?
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I've been wondering how English native speakers recognize whenever they learn a new word. Even if I use my dictionary, I've been still confused. How you can know the new word is gerund, infinitive, or both? Simply, is it memorization?
great lesson.
Thanks for your efforts.
GREAT EXPANATION OF VERB PATTERNS
hi how are you? i am taking the first certificate exam on next wednesday. I would like to know if can i take some skipe lessons with you by skipe to practise the speaking paper. thank you so much. ciro
+Ciro Di Rosa Sure! Add me on Skype 'davetefl' and let's organize the first class. You can find out info such as course materials and prices on my website below, but I understand you want FCE practice. So, I have included a link to my resources.
www.skype-lessons.com/
www.skype-lessons.com/fce/
Thanks You.
Really it's easy to understand, nicely explained
Thank you for this informative, clear lesson. You call this "Gerunds and Infinitives Advanced." Does that mean you did a beginners' lesson on the same topic? If so, could you please give me a link to it? Also, could you please clarify whether there is a difference between a verb followed by an infinitive, where the infinitive is the object of the verb, and a verb followed by a regular noun or pronoun as the object, followed by "to" as a preposition, followed by a verb as an indirect object? In the sentence, "I advise studying more," "studying" is a gerund and it is also the object of the verb. I believe (but I could be wrong) that in the sentence "I advise you to study more," "you" is the subject, "to" is a preposition and "study" is an indirect object. I don't believe that "to study" in that sentence is an infinitive. Do you agree?
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Thank you!!! It is very important information !
I hate this kind of grammatical structure , but you did great job , you taught well thank you
can we say we stopped to eat our sandwiches? or we should use gerund?
because i have a book from longman. it said "we stopped to eat our sandwiches" but that is a process not in order to
ho Lee We stopped (in order) to eat our sandwiches
So it is telling us we stopped and then eat our sandwiches not we stopped eating our sandwiches?
MrSkypelessons
ho Lee That's right.
1) "We were running really fast but then stopped to eat our sandwiches."
2) "We were full so we stopped eating our sandwiches."
thanks a Ton. i appreciate your teaching (gerund lol).
can you please provide more such verbs used as gerund and infinitive ??
Regards.
I really appreciate what you have said sir. It's a fantastic job. Thanks alot
Great class!! thanks!
hey, thanks for the explanation but im still having a doubt.. in the verb regret, you said in infinitive form means that you need to do something and the examples were like I regret to say, I regret to inform..how could those examples have that meaning? ( need to do something) hope you can help me with that :)
I don't know whether my explanations help but let me try to answer your question. 'I regret to say / inform' means that I feel sad about what I am about to tell you. For example,I regret to inform you that the products were sold out. So, I don't know for sure how 'you need to do something' is related here. Srry if this doesn't help. ^^
ณัฐภัทร นิลพาณิชย์ Good answer!