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gerund_certain_verbs_09_explanation .doc Gerund after certain verbs: After certain verbs the gerund is used as an object: avoid finish miss suggest give up practise an infinitive is possible: risk imagine quit dislike keep no infinitive! enjoy mind go on stop carry on Peter suggested kicking the dog. Mary imagined saving the dog. The dog wouldn’t mind being left alone. All of these verbs can also be followed by a noun (but then again, a gerund takes the grammatical function of a noun, so that is not very surprising): Fiona enjoys folk songs. Gerund or infinitive after certain verbs: begin hate continue go on remember intend forget start like try mean The father watches his little son eating spaghetti and sees him making a big mess o f the table-cloth, his clothes and the kitchen-floor. So he says to his son: “Please, try eating your spaghetti.“ [Essen, nicht herumwerfen, junger Mann.] The son hears his father, looks around and cleverly replies: “But, dad, I tried to eat them but they are too fast for me!“ [Aber ich hab’s doch versucht!] When the gerund follows the verb the emphasis is on the action the gerund describes (first sentence; the father want his son to eat, not to throw around the spaghetti). When the verb is followed by an infinitive the stress is on the verb itself (second sentence; the son explains that he’s been trying very hard, it’s just that he can’t do it). Here is another important distinction: A teacher shouldn’t tell his students to stop listening (they wouldn’t listen to him any longer), a teacher should tell his students to stop to listen (now they will stop whatever it is they are doing and will then listen to him). PDF wurde mit FinePrint pdfFactory-Prüfversion erstellt. http://www.context-gmbh.de Adjectives, nouns and verbs + preposition + gerund: Verbs which follow a preposition are turned into gerunds. adjective + preposition + gerund I’m sick and tired of playing the piano. Ann is crazy about dancing. noun + preposition + gerund The Titanic was in danger of sinking. Leo knows the reason for sinking. verb + preposition + gerund Kate decided against receiving the ‘Oscar’ by her acting. I dream of being a bird. PDF wurde mit FinePrint pdfFactory-Prüfversion erstellt. http://www.context-gmbh.de