World of Verbals: Theory and Communicative Practice & INFINITIVES vs. GERUNDS (3) Some verbs ean be followed by either Infinitives or Gerunds with a change in meaning, as in Group D. GROUP D; VER + INFINITIVE or GERUND (with a difference in meaning) remenber forget regret 2 mean stop (quit) goon The following verbs may take either Infinitives or Gerunds, but the meaning of the verb changes, depending on which verbal is used Tremenibered to buy the tickets, % L remember telling you about that. v Remember + Inf. means 0 remember to perform responsibility, duty, or task, not forget to do sth, Remember + Ger. means to remember: (recall) something that happened in the past. ‘Sam often forgets to Tock the door v Til newer forget seeing the Alps v Forge! + Inf means to forget 10 perform a responsibility, duty, or task, fail to remember to do sth Forget + Ger. means to forget something that happened in the past, not recall a past event. We regret to fafora yon That we arena 10 offer you the job, v | reget saying that yon were wrong v Regret + Inf. means to regret t0 say, tO tell someone, to inform someone of| some bad news, be sorry to. Regret + Ger means to regret something that happened in the past, have second thoughts about sth already done Please try t0 be quiet when yon come ome. Everyone will be aslep. v If a photocopier is out of order try Pressing the green button first v Try + Inf. means to make an effort, attempt, do one’s best, t0 take action in order to do or get something that ‘one may not be able to do ot get. Try + Ger, means to experiment with a new or different approach to see if it works, to discover if ir is suitable, successful, enjoyable ete Tmeant to visie Brasil v A trip 0 Brox! meant spending much more money. ¥ B ‘Mean + Inf. stands for to intend to do something. Mean + Ger stands for to have something as a result, involve.