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acknowledge | She acknowledged receiving assistance.
*accuse of | He was accused of smuggling contraband goods.
admit | They admitted falsifying the data.
advise | The author advises undertaking further study.
anticipate | He anticipates having trouble with his supervisor.
appreciate | I appreciated having a chance to read your draft.
avoid | He avoided answering my question.
complete | I finally completed writing my thesis.
consider | They will consider granting you money.
defer | She deferred writing her report.
delay | We delayed reporting the results until we were sure.
deny | They denied copying the information.
discuss | They discussed running the experiments again.
entail | This review procedure entails repeating the test.
*look after | He will look after mailing the tickets.
*insist on | He insisted on proofreading the article again.

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Both gerunds and infinitives can replace a noun as the object of a verb. Whether you use a gerund or an infinitive depends on the main verb in the sentence.

[INFINITIVE]  I expect to have the report done by Friday.
[GERUND] I anticipate having the report done by Friday.

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involve | This procedure involves testing each sample twice.
justify | My results justify taking drastic action.
mention | The author mentions seeing this event.
*plan on | They had planned on attending the conference.
postpone | The committee has postponed writing the report.
recall | I cannot recall getting those results before.
resent | He resented spending so much time on the project.
recommend | She recommends reading Marx.
resist | The writer resists giving any easy answers.
risk | She risks losing her viewing time.
sanction | They will not sanction copying without permission.
suggest | I suggest repeating the experiment.
*take care of | He will take care of sending it to you.
tolerate | She can't tolerate waiting for results.

Note: Phrasal verbs, marked here with *, always fall into this category.

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SOME COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

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SOME COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

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afford | We cannot afford to hesitate.
agree | The professors agreed to disagree.
appear | The results appear to support your theory.
arrange | They had arranged to meet at noon.
beg | I beg to differ with you.
care | Would you care to respond?
claim | She claims to have new data.
consent | Will you consent to run for office?
decide | When did he decide to withdraw?
demand | I demand to see the results of the survey.
deserve | She deserves to have a fair hearing.
expect | The committee expects to decide by tomorrow.
fail | The trial failed to confirm his hypothesis.
hesitate | I hesitate to try the experiment again.
hope | What do you hope to accomplish?
learn | We have learned to proceed with caution.

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SOME COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

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SOME COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

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manage | How did she manage to find the solution?
neglect | The author neglected to provide an index.
need | Do we need to find new subjects?
offer | We could offer to change the time of the meeting.
plan | They had planned to attend the conference.
prepare | He was not prepared to give a lecture.
pretend | I do not pretend to know the answer.
promise | They promise to demonstrate the new equipment.
refuse | She refused to cooperate any longer.
seem | Something seems to be wrong with your design.
struggle | We struggled to understand her point of view.
swear | He swears to tell the truth.
threaten | The team threatened to stop their research.
volunteer | Will you volunteer to lead the group?
wait | We could not wait to hear the outcome.
want | She did not want to go first.
wish | Do you wish to participate?

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Gerunds can follow a preposition; infinitives cannot.

Can you touch your toes without bending your knees?

He was fined for driving over the speed limit.

She got the money by selling the car.

A corkscrew is a tool for taking corks out of bottles.

Note: Take care not to confuse the preposition "to" with an infinitive form, or with an auxiliary form such as have to, used to, going to

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Source: writing.utoronto.ca