GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

I forgot to meet him.

• I don’t have the memory of meeting him before.

• I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.

He ended one period of time before this.

• He went on to learn English and French.

• He went on learning English and French.

She quit working here.

• She quit another job in order to work here.

• She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here anymore.

I regret promising to help you.

• I’m sorry that I made the promise.

• I’m telling you now, and I’m sorry.

She had memories of this time.

• She remembered to visit her grandmother.

• She remembered visiting her grandmother.

I stopped _______ you. (I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.)

I tried opening the window.

• I attempted this action but didn’t succeed.

• his was one option I sampled. Maybe the room was hot.

I forgot ________ him.(I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.)

She quit to work here.

• She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here anymore.

• She quit another job in order to work here.

He went on ______ English and French.(He ended one period of time before this.)