📍Common Mistakes in English📍
«Misuse of the infinitive»

💭Use the gerund and not the infinitive :

C) After certain verbs :👇🏻

📚Mind (object to )+ -ing
❌Don’t say : Would you mind to open the door ?
✅ Say : Would you mind opening the door ?

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📚Practise +-ing
❌Don’t say : you must practice to speak English .
✅ Say : You must practise speaking English .

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📚Remember +-ing
❌Don’t say : I don’t remember to have seen him .
✅ Say : I don’t remember seeing him .
Or. I don’t remember having seen him .

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📚Risk + -ing
❌Don’t say : We couldn’t risk to leave him alone .
✅ Say : We couldn’t risk leaving him alone .

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📚Stop+ -ing
❌Don’t say : The wind has almost stopped to blow .
✅ Say : The wind has almost stopped blowing .
(📍note ; Also give up (=stop) ;”He gave up smoking” .)

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