|
Some verbs take to-infinitive or gerund without a change of meaning:
1. After begin, start, continue, cease, like, love, bother, intend, prefer, can’t stand,
can’t bear:
It began to rain/raining.
Note: We never have two –ing-forms together:
It was beginning to rain.
2. Advise, allow, permit, recommend, encourage take the gerund if there is no
object and the verb is active:
We advise booking in advance.
Note: if there is an object or the verbs are in the passive form they take the to-
infinitive:
He advised us to book in advance./We were advised to book in advance.
3. Need, require, want take the gerund or a passive infinitive:
The carpet needs
hoovering./The carpet needs to be hoovered.
Note: usually this construction involves fixing or improving something.
|
