In sentence B, the first verb is followed by a gerund (-ing) form. The verb patterns are dependent upon the first verb. Sometimes, if a verb has two patterns, each pattern can have a different ...

However, the phrasal verb ‘had better’ is not followed by the word ‘to ... let us move on to gerunds. Gerunds are words formed with verbs (action words) but act as nouns.

Gerunds are the -ing form of a verb, and infinitives are the to + base form. These words can be confusing; they combine the meaning of a verb with the grammar of a noun. My father asked me to ...

An "infinitive" in English is a verb preceded by the word to, as in to study. Many English verbs can be followed by a grammatical structure that contains an infinitive and is known as an "infinitive ...