Then, after reading further, it is written that verbs such as remember,.., hesitate,.., etc. are followed by infinitive. Searching on internet, i get contradicting sentence w.r.t. grammar as i mentioned above examples. So, please clarify whether to use gerund or infinitive with 'hesitate'.

I can offer four tips for teaching infinitive and gerund complement patterns: Teach the variety of English you are most comfortable with, but familiarize yourself with common variations, just in case. Teach fixed patterns at lower levels of proficiency and gradually introduce options as students seem ready.

Finite and Non-finite verbs. 1) I love to read. 2) We want to swim. 3) He loves singing. 4) She loves dancing. 5) She saw a moving car. 6) I see a running train. In the sentences above, the verbs love, want, loves, loves, saw, see are finite verbs. And to read, to swim, singing, dancing, moving, running are non-finite verbs. — but why?
Mean and help can be followed by either a gerund or a to -infinitive but with different meanings: In those days, being a student meant spending long hours in the library. (In those days if you were a student, it meant that you spent long hours in the library.) I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. (I didn't intend to hurt your feelings.)
The gerund is a verbal noun. Gerunds and gerund phrases are always nouns, so they are always predicate nominatives when used as complements. Do be careful to distinguish progressive-tense verbs from gerunds used as subjective complements. ( grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present . 393 248 93 256 171 481 4 192

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