{"id":951,"date":"2010-03-04T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=951"},"modified":"2010-03-04T11:00:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T15:00:07","slug":"gerund-and-infinitive-advanced-uses-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2010\/03\/04\/gerund-and-infinitive-advanced-uses-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerund and Infinitive \u2013 Advanced Uses Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. The <em>gerund <\/em>(verbo + -ing form) is generally used as the subject of a sentence.<\/p>\n<p><em>Smok<strong>ing<\/strong> in public places is prohibited.<br \/>\nDeny<strong>ing<\/strong> your own faults is very common.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can also have the structure : it is + adjective + the infinitive.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It is prohibited to<\/strong> smoke in public places.<br \/>\n<strong>It is very common to<\/strong> deny your own faults.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. It is also used as the object of certain verbs (<em>admit, advise, appreciate, avoid, consider, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, give up, imagine, keep, mind, postpone, prevent, quit, recall, recommend, resent, risk, suggest, tolerate, among others.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><em>I <strong>dislike <\/strong>hav<strong>ing<\/strong> a dog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We can also use the <em>possessive <\/em>before the gerund.<\/p>\n<p><em>I dislike <strong>Mark\u2019s<\/strong> hav<strong>ing<\/strong> a dog.<br \/>\nI dislike <strong>his <\/strong>hav<strong>ing<\/strong> a dog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In informal spoken English some people use object pronouns (<em>him, her, them<\/em>) instead of possessives before the gerund.<\/p>\n<p><em>I dislike him having a dog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3. Some verbs can be used with the infinitive (<em>agree, appear, ask, attempt, begin, can&#8217;t afford, can&#8217;t wait, choose, consent, expect, fail, hesitate, learn, manage, mean, need, offer, pay, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, struggle, swear, want, wish, among others).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>a. verbs followed by the infinitive<\/p>\n<p><em>I <strong>hope to pass<\/strong> my Spanish test.<br \/>\nHe <strong>swore not to tell<\/strong> anyone our secret.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>b. verbs followed by an object and the infinitive.<\/p>\n<p><em>He <strong>persuaded them to come <\/strong>here.<br \/>\nI <strong>need you to go<\/strong> to the store for me.<br \/>\nShe <strong>warned us not to do<\/strong> that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>c. verbs that have or don\u2019t have an object and the infinitive.<\/p>\n<p><em>He <strong>asked to come<\/strong> to the party.<br \/>\nHe<strong> asked me to open<\/strong> the door.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you <strong>want to go <\/strong>to the movies later on?<br \/>\nDo you <strong>want me to go<\/strong> to the store for you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Soon we&#8217;ll have part II, ok?<\/p>\n<p>This is it for today, take care!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. The gerund (verbo + -ing form) is generally used as the subject of a sentence. Smoking in public places is prohibited. Denying your own faults is very common. You can also have the structure : it is + adjective + the infinitive. It is prohibited to smoke in public places. It is very common&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2010\/03\/04\/gerund-and-infinitive-advanced-uses-part-i\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[224329],"tags":[226534],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-avancado","tag-artigos-gramatica"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}