Monday, May 18

Stop to do = intention.

"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."

Craig McLean, Idem


Eg.2: Higher Taxes Mean Making "Compromises" - Including on Jobs, Cisco CFO Says


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


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
DEMAND TO LONG TO RESOLVE TO
DESERVE TO MANAGE TO SEEK TO



VERBS NORMALLY FOLLOWED BY INFINITE WITH – ING

PUT OFF
APPRECIATE EXCUSE RESENT CAN'T STAND
AVOID FACE RISK SPEND
CONTEMPLATE FANCY SUGGEST WASTE TIME
DELAY FINISH IT'S NO GOOD
DENY INVOLVE IT'S NO USE
DETEST MENTION FEEL LIKE
DISLIKE MIND GIVE UP
ENDURE MISS KEEP ON
ENJOY POSTPONE LEAVE OFF
ESCAPE PRACTISE LOOK FORWARD



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5 comments:

  1. Carla25 May 2009 at 12:58

    Adding some extra information:

    WANT - 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 )

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  2. Carla25 May 2009 at 12:58

    APPRECIATE- is often followed by possessive + -ING.

    For 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)

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  3. Carla25 May 2009 at 13:07

    Verbs followed by - that clause:

    advise - assist - beg - bribe - command - dare - employ - enable - lead - tell - instruct -
    encourage - invite - order - select - persuade - teach - train - urge - warn

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  4. Carla25 May 2009 at 13:22

    Dare can be used with our without to when there is no object.

    Example:
    "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.

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  5. Carla25 May 2009 at 13:58

    Here is the book from which I got the information available in this blog

    Reference: Vince, Michael. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan. 2007

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