Advanced Gerunds & Infinitives

Some verbs change meaning depending on whether they're followed by a gerund or an infinitive (stop doing vs. stop to do; remember doing vs. remember to do), and some can take either with little difference (start/begin).

Examples

• He stopped smoking. (= he quit the habit)
• He stopped to smoke. (= he paused another activity to smoke)
• I remember locking the door. (= a memory of a past action)
• I remembered to lock the door. (= I didn't forget to do it)
• It started raining. / It started to rain. (little difference)

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