"Michigan State makes key stop to hold off Iowa"
Espn
Stop doing = the ending of an activity.
E.g: "She spoke until one day she couldn't be heard
And she just stopped singing"
Amy Winehouse, October's Song
Eg.2: This year, I'm gonna stop yellin' at my children.
Go on to do = refers to the continuing action, a persistent action.
Eg.: he will go on to win multiple Grand Slams.
Go on doing= refers to the continuation of an action, a sequel.
(...)"Why does the sun go on shining? (...)Why do the birds go on singing?(...)"
Mean to do = intend, implies
Eg.:" the best of what’s going on in the mind of an artist who’s a resolutely honest chronicler of what it means to be a young woman in contemporary Britain."
Mean doing= refers to what is involved.
Eg: "In part this meant going to New York, to work with Mark Ronson."
Regret to do =The speaker regrets what is going to be said or done.
Eg.: I regret to say that your Oct. 12 wedding falls square in the middle of the Prisoner marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Regret doing = The speaker regrets about the past.
Eg. 1:"10 Things Jimmy Kimmel May Regret Saying At ABC's Upfronts"
Eg.2: 'I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said'
George W. Bush
Other verbs:
Hear, see, watch (infinitive to= action is complete, but, + verb -ing= action still in progress).
VERBS NORMALLY FOLLOWED BY INFINITE WITH TO |
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AGREE TO | EXPECT TO | NEGLECT TO | SEEM TO |
APPEAR TO | FAIL TO | OFFER TO | STRUGGLE TO |
ARRANGE TO | GROW TO | PAY TO | SWEAR TO |
ATTEMP TO | HASTEN TO | PLAN TO | THREATEN TO |
ASK TO | HAPPEN TO | PLEGDE TO | VOW TO |
CHOOSE TO | HOPE TO | PRETEND TO | WANT TO |
DARE TO | HURRY TO | PROMISE TO | WISH TO |
DECIDE TO | LEARN TO | REFUSE TO |
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DEMAND TO | LONG TO | RESOLVE TO |
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DESERVE TO | MANAGE TO | SEEK TO |
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VERBS NORMALLY FOLLOWED BY INFINITE WITH – ING |
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APPRECIATE | EXCUSE | RESENT | CAN'T STAND |
AVOID | FACE | RISK | SPEND |
CONTEMPLATE | FANCY | SUGGEST | WASTE TIME |
DELAY | FINISH | IT'S NO GOOD |
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DENY | INVOLVE | IT'S NO USE |
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DETEST | MENTION | FEEL LIKE |
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DISLIKE | MIND | GIVE UP |
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ENDURE | MISS | KEEP ON |
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ENJOY | POSTPONE | LEAVE OFF |
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ESCAPE | PRACTISE | LOOK FORWARD |
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Adding some extra information:
ReplyDeleteWANT - can be used colloquially with -ing, having a similar meaning to need.
For example:
"I want having a beautiful friendly"
(http://classifieds.justlanded.com/pt/Canada/Pessoais_Homen-procura-Mulher/I-want-having-a-beautiful-friendly)
He wants sex all the time...I want talking and emotional stuff! Is he using me?"
( http://www.dearcupid.org/question/hw-wants-sex-all-the-timei-want-talking.html )
APPRECIATE- is often followed by possessive + -ING.
ReplyDeleteFor example: 'One SBW client observed toward the end of her therapy that she had truly come to appreciate her strength'
(Psychotherapy with African American women
Por Leslie C. Jackson, Beverly Greene)
INVOLVE- has an impersonal subject.
For example: "Chemical reactions involve making new combinations"
( http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/contexts/nanoscience/sci_media/images/chemical_reactions_involve_making_new_combinations )
Some verbs can be followed by infinite without to:
HELP-
For Example:
Help (to) Leave The Rainforest In Peace!
(http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-leave-the-rainforest-in-peace)
Banker 'lent PA £40,000 to help leave her husband' (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime)
MAKE- and expressions with make:
For Example:
'What will make me leave the Philippines...'
(http://www.philnews.com/2007/005a.html)
LET- and expression with let
For Example:
'You should let me love you/
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need' (http://vagalume.uol.com.br/mario/let-me-love-you.html)
Verbs followed by - that clause:
ReplyDeleteadvise - assist - beg - bribe - command - dare - employ - enable - lead - tell - instruct -
encourage - invite - order - select - persuade - teach - train - urge - warn
Dare can be used with our without to when there is no object.
ReplyDeleteExample:
"Why doesn't anybody dare say it? Israel Didn't Leave, It Lost"
(http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/mark_israel_lost.php3)
Can be either dare say, or to say.
Here is the book from which I got the information available in this blog
ReplyDeleteReference: Vince, Michael. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan. 2007