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Verbs that take Gerunds and Infinitives with Change in Meaning

Review what each of these verbs means when it is used with a gerund or an infinitive.

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Come + gerunddoing something while moving
Come + infinitivesomething develops, something arises
Forget + gerundyou did it, but now you don't remember doing it
Forget + infinitiveyou didn't do it because you didn't remember
Go on + gerundcontinue doing something
Go on + infinitivedo the next thing, continue to the next stage
Mean + gerundtells the result or consequence
Mean + infinitivean intention or a plan
Stop + gerundfinish an action in progress
Stop + infinitiveinterrupt an activity in order to do something else
Try + gerundexperiment with doing something that might solve a problem
Try + infinitivemake an effort to do something, usually something very hard or even impossible
Regret + gerundyou did it, and now you're sorry about it
Regret + infinitiveyou're sorry that you have to do this
Remember + gerundyou did it before, and now you're thinking about it
Remember + infinitiveyou thought about it, and then you did it


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