When do we use infinitive verbs and when do we use Gerund...

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Question by George Daher
Submitted on 10/19/2003
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When do we use infinitive verbs and when do we use Gerund ???

Answer by Jenni G, 12 years old, Hathaway Brown School
Submitted on 5/11/2004
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Gerunds are usually nouns such as, "Fishing is fun." "Fishing" is the gerund. An infinitive verb is when the word "to" is put in front of a noun, such as, "I like to sing." TO SING is the infinitive. It can be conjugated into other forms such as "she sings" or "we sing" or "I sing". A gerund cannot be conjugated. When you want to state something, such as, "Fishing is fun" or "I like to sing", either is fine. But think about the context of the verb and figure out which would be appropriate and which would not be. -Jenni G

Answer by pops
Submitted on 9/9/2005
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i like to move it move it

Answer by ayaz
Submitted on 12/14/2005
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i want to ask that i m confused about using the infinitive and gerund what is the best to learn such difficult thing please..

Answer by nkp
Submitted on 1/23/2006
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Remember that the gerund is actually a noun. In the sentence "Skydiving is fun," "skydiving" is the subject, even though it is a verbal. The infinitive is a prepositional phrase

Answer by sing
Submitted on 3/30/2006
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gerund is your mom infinitive is your dad

Answer by foufou foufa
Submitted on 6/1/2006
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what are the verbs which are to be used with infinitives and the ones which are to be used with gerunds

Answer by lolly
Submitted on 1/30/2007
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This verbs are with gerund or with infinitive(they can be with the both)? try tell go manage love enjoy allow hope expect offer agree prefer regret start refuse

Answer by Elmo
Submitted on 5/15/2007
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yo rock my socks

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