(somebody the trouble of), stop (cease), avoid. The following expressions are also used:
Can’t stand (endure), can’t help (prevent/avoid), it’s no use/good, worth, look forward to, take to, be accustomed to, be used to. After the adjective worth we use gerund,
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He admitted taking money.
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Would you consider selling it? -
He detests writing letters. -
I couldn’t help laughing. -
I’ll look forward to seeing you.
Stared verbs can be used with that clause,
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He admitted that he had taken money.
If verb or verb + preposition is followed directly by the gerund, the gerund refers to the subject of the verb.
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Tom insisted on reading the letter (Tom read it).
But sometimes we can put possessive adjective or pronoun between verb / verb + preposition and gerund. In this
case the gerund refers to the person denoted by the possessive adjective or pronoun.
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Tom insisted on me / my reading the letters.
The followng verbs and expressions can take either construction:
Dislike, dread, fancy, involve, like (negative), mean, mind, propose, recollect, remember, resent, save, stop, suggest, understand, approve/disapprove of, insist on, it’s no good/use, object to, there’s no point in,
