Noun: Dancing had not begun yet. – Танцы еще не начались. (b) by an infinitive
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The car isn’t worth repairing. Is Leicester worth visiting? She isn’t worth getting angry with.
-ing form or infinitive?Some verbs can be followed by either an -ing form or an infinitive, usually with a difference of meaning. The most important cases are: advise allow attempt can't bear begin continue forbid forget go on hate hear intend like love permit prefer propose regret remember see start stop try watch This is also the case with certain adjectives: accustomed afraid certain interested sorry sure used. 1 With remember, forget, stop, go on and regret the difference is connected with time. The -ing form refers to things that happen earlier (before the remembering, forgetting, etc took place); the infinitive refers to things that happen after the remembering etc. a Remember / forget + -ing = remember/forget what one has done or what has happened I shall always remember meeting you for the first time. I shall never forget seeing the Queen. Remember / forget + infinitive = remember what one has (=is supposed ) to do Remember to go to the post office, won't you? She's always forgetting to give me my letters. Typical mistakes: * I don't remember to have said that. *Please remember putting out the cat before you go to bed. Typical mistake: *Don’t forget writing to Aunt Mary. b Stop + -ing = stop what one is doing, or does (=an activity has stopped) I really must stop smoking. Stop + infinitive = make a break or pause in order to do something = you are giving the reason for stopping. Every half hour I stop work to smoke a cigarette. Typical mistake: *You should stop to smoke - it's bad for you. жүктеу/скачать 152.5 Kb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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