| A | B |
| Come + gerund | doing something while moving |
| Come + infinitive | something develops, something arises |
| Forget + gerund | you did it, but now you don't remember doing it |
| Forget + infinitive | you didn't do it because you didn't remember |
| Go on + gerund | continue doing something |
| Go on + infinitive | do the next thing, continue to the next stage |
| Mean + gerund | tells the result or consequence |
| Mean + infinitive | an intention or a plan |
| Stop + gerund | finish an action in progress |
| Stop + infinitive | interrupt an activity in order to do something else |
| Try + gerund | experiment with doing something that might solve a problem |
| Try + infinitive | make an effort to do something, usually something very hard or even impossible |
| Regret + gerund | you did it, and now you're sorry about it |
| Regret + infinitive | you're sorry that you have to do this |
| Remember + gerund | you did it before, and now you're thinking about it |
| Remember + infinitive | you thought about it, and then you did it |