American English at State - In English some verbs are not normally used in the -ing form. These are called "stative verbs." Some stative verbs include: agree, believe, doubt, want, mind, promise,
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LearnEnglish – British Council - Grammar A-Z #43 - Verbs followed by 'ing' or by 'to + infinitive' 2 When one verb is followed by another, the second verb can either be
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American English at State - As we mentioned yesterday, some verbs are only followed by infinitives, not gerunds.* Here are three more common verbs used with infinitives. (*Notice that this rule does
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