Verbs That Take
Gerund and Infinitive Completers

Infinitives
No agent*		He can afford to call them.
With optional agent* for the action		You wanted me to call them. OR You wanted to call them.
With required agent* for the action		She reminded us to call them.
Used without the word "to"		We heard her call them.

Gerunds
No agent*		Juno enjoys calling them.
With required agent* for the action		We heard you calling them
Difference in meaning		I forgot to call them. || I forgot calling them.
*By agent, we mean the person or thing that might or might not be required to complete the action: We asked Joe to call home. (Joe is the agent.) Giorgio began to gamble on weekends. (No agent)

acknowledge	choose	enjoy	hope	persuade	recommend	seem
admit	command	expect	imagine	plan	refuse	start
advise	consent	fail	intend	practice	regret	stop
afford	consider	feel	invite	prefer	remember	teach
agree	continue	finish	involve	Completer Types | Examples
allow	dare	forbid	learn
anticipate	decide	force	let
appear	demand	forget	like
appreciate	deny	get	love
ask	deserve	give up	make
avoid	discuss	hate	mention
beg	dislike	have	miss
begin	endure	hear	need
celebrate	encourage	help	neglect	pretend	remind	tell
challenge	enable	(cannot) help	notice	promise	see	understand
				watch	want	wish

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