afford agree appear arrange ask attempt care choose claim come consent
dare decide demand deserve determine elect endeavour expect fail get guarentee
hate help hesitate hope hurry incline intend learn long manage mean need
offer plan prepare pretend promise refuse resolve say seem tend threaten want wish
List of verbs that can only have gerunds after them
acknowledge admit adore anticipate appreciate avoid celebrate confess contemplate
delay deny describe detest discuss dislike dread endure enjoy
fancy finish imagine involve keep justify mention mind miss
omit postpone practisequit recall recommend regret report resent resume risk
suggest tolerate understand
e.g. anticipate implementing is correct (Anticipate to implement is
wrong).
Even though she didn't anticipate to implement it, the advertising
manager agreed with the personal manager's proposal to strengthen
her department.
A) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the
personal
B) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal
C) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel
D) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel
E) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed to the personnel
(E) NOTE: all answer choices are indeed different here. 'Personal' deals
with a person's own special things; 'Personnel' deals with a lot of people.
Verbs like 'anticipate' must be followed by a gerund, the verb form in '-
ing'. The correct idiom usage should read: a person 'agrees with' another
person, not with an inanimate thing such as a proposal. Therefore, she
agrees 'to the proposal.' (E) is correct.
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The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
(B) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
(E) to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
Actual and Potential Meanings: Although a gerund and an infinitive will often have practically the same meaning, there can be a difference in meaning. Gerunds are used to describe an "actual, vivid, or fulfilled action" whereas infinitives are better used to describe "potential, hypothetical, or future events".
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