1) The infinitive with TO is used:
• After adjectives:
This is very easy to understand
• After some verbs:
afford decide learn seem agree
expect manage try arrange hope
offer wait ask promise want
choose plan refuse would love would like
• To express purpose:
He went to the airport to pick her up.
• In the construction verb + object + to infinitive:
I want Peter to speak to me.
She’d like him to go there.
They advised me not to buy it.
2) The gerund (-ing form) is used:
• After preposition:
I look forward to seeing you again.
They apologized for not paying the bill.
They came home alter meeting his friends
• When it is the subject of the sentence:
Eating in class is forbidden.
Biting your nails is a bad habit
• After some verbs:
admit enjoy mind consider finish
miss stop suggest deny imagine
practise tolerate avoid keep mention
can't help dislike like hate give up
I can't help laughing at him.
I can't stand waiting in queues.
There's / It's no use crying over spilt milk.
That car isn't worth buying.
David has given up smoking.
Let's go hiking. (go + ing actions)
• After modal verbs
They must study .
We can’t go there.
She might pass.
You should go to the library. (but, I ought to talk to him)
• make / let somebody do something.
She made me cry.
They let him go to the party.
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