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 ...

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 ...

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 ...