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Gerunds and Infinitives: Their Noun Roles
Both gerunds and infinitives can be nouns, which means they can
do just about anything that a noun can do. Although they name things, like
other nouns, they normally name activities rather than people or objects. Here
are five noun-uses of gerunds and infinitives (and one additional non-noun use,
the adjective complement, that we throw in here, free of charge).
Gerunds and infintives can both function as the subject of a sentence:
a. Playing basketball takes up too much of her time.
b. To play basketball for UConn is her favorite fantasy.
It is not impossible for an infinitive to appear at the
beginning of a sentence as the subject (as in Ib), but it is more common for an
infinitive to appear as a Subject Complement:
a. Her favorite fantasy is to play basketball for UConn.
The gerund can also play this role:
b. Her favorite fantasy is playing basketball for UConn.
Both of these verbal forms can further identify a noun when they
play the role of Noun Complement and Appositive:
a. Her desire to play basketball for UConn became
an obsession.
b. I could never understand her desire to play basketball
for UConn.
c. Her one burning desire in life, playing basketball for
UConn, seemed a goal within reach.
The infinitive is often a complement used to help define an
abstract noun. Here is a very partial list of abstract nouns, enough to suggest
their nature. Try following these adjectives with an infinitive phrase (their desire
to play in the championship game, amotivation to pass all
their courses, her permission to stay uplate, a gentle reminder
to do your work) to see how the phrase modifies and focuses the noun.
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advice
appeal command decision desire fact instruction motivation |
opportunity
order permission plan possibility preparation proposal recommendation |
refusal
reminder request requirement suggestion tendency wish |
Infinitive phrases often follow certain adjectives. When this
happens, the infinitive is said to play the role of Adjective Complement. (This is not a
noun function, but we will include it here nonetheless.)
a. She was hesitant to tell the coach of her plan.
b. She was reluctant to tell her parents, also.
c. But she would not have been content to play high school
ball forever.
Here is a list of adjectives that you will often find in such
constructions.
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ahead
amazed anxious apt ashamed bound careful certain content delighted |
determined
disappointed eager eligible fortunate glad happy hesitant liable likely |
lucky
pleased proud ready reluctant sad shocked sorry surprised upset |
Although we do not find many infinitives in this next category,
it is not uncommon to find gerunds taking on the role of Object of a
Preposition:
a. She wrote a newspaper article about dealing
with college recruiters.
b. She thanked her coach for helping her to
deal with the pressure.
Two prepositions, except and but,
will sometimes take an infinitive.
a. The committee had no choice except to elect Frogbellow
chairperson.
b. What is left for us but to pack up our
belongings and leave?
And, finally, both gerunds and infinitives can act as a Direct Object:
Here, however, all kinds of decisions have to be made, and some
of these decisions will seem quite arbitrary. The next section is about making
the choice between gerund and infinitive forms as direct object.
Verbs that take other verb forms as objects
are called catenatives(from a word that means to link,
as in a chain). Catenatives can be found at the head of a series of linked
constructions, as in "We agreed to try to decide to stop eating between
meals." Catenatives are also characterized by their tendency to describe
mental processes and resolutions. (Kolln)
Although it is seldom a serious problem for native English
speakers, deciding whether to use a gerund or an infinitive after a verb can be
perplexing among students for whom English is a second language. Why do we decide
to run, but we would neverdecide running? On the other hand, we
might avoid running, but we would not avoid to run. And
finally, we might like running and would also like to
run. It is clear that some verbs take gerunds, some verbs take infinitives,
and some verbs take either. The following tables of verbs should help you
understand the various options that regulate our choice of infinitive or
gerund.
The verbs in the table below will be followed by an infinitive.
Wedecided to leave. He manages, somehow, to win. It is
threatening to rain. Notice that many, but not all, of these verbs suggest
a potential event.
Some of the verbs in the following table may be followed by a
gerund if they are describing an "actual, vivid or fulfilled action"
(Frodesen). We love running. They began farming the
land. These are described, also, below.
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Emotion
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care
desire hate |
hate
like loathe |
love
regret yearn |
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Choice
or Intent
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agree
choose decide decide expect |
hope
intend need plan prefer |
prepare
propose refuse want wish |
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Initiation,
Completion, Incompletion
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begin
cease commence fail |
get
hesitate manage neglect |
start
try undertake |
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Mental
Process
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forget
know how |
learn
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remember
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Request
and Promise
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demand
offer |
promise
swear |
threaten
vow |
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Intransitives
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appear
happen |
seem
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tend
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Miscellaneous
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afford
arrange |
claim
continue |
pretend
wait |
The verbs in the next table will often be followed by an
infinitive, but they will also be accompanied by a second object. We askedthe
intruders to leave quietly. They taught the children to swim.
The teacher convinced his students to try harder.
The verbs in blue, with an asterisk, can also follow the same
pattern as the verbs in the table above (i.e., the second object is optional).
We all wanted to go. They promised to be home
early.
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Communication
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advise
ask* beg* challenge command convince |
forbid
invite order permit persuade promise* |
remind
require tell warn urge |
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Instruction
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encourage
help |
instruct
teach |
train
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Causing
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allow
cause choose |
force
get hire |
need*
would like* |
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Miscellaneous
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dare*
expect* |
trust
prepare* |
want*
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Gerunds accompany a form of the verb to go in
many idiomatic expressions: Let's go shopping. We went
jogging yesterday. Shegoes bowling every Friday night.
The following verbs will be followed by a gerund. Did I mention
reading that novel last summer? I recommend leaving while
we can. I have quit smoking These verbs tend to describe
actual events.
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Initiation,
Completion and Incompletion
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anticipate
avoid begin cease complete |
delay
finish get through give up postpone |
quit
risk start stop try |
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Communication
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admit
advise deny discuss |
encourage
mention recommend |
report
suggest urge |
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Continuing
Action
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continue
can't help |
practice
involve |
keep
keep on |
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Emotion
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appreciate
dislike enjoy hate like |
love
mind don't mind miss prefer |
regret
can't stand resent resist tolerate |
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Mental
Process
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anticipate
consider forget |
imagine
recall remember |
see
can't see understand |
The verbs in the following table can be
followed by either an infinitive or a gerund, and there will be virtually no
difference in the meaning of the two sentences. I like to play basketball
in the park. I like playing basketball in the park.
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attempt
begin continue hate |
like
love neglect prefer |
regret
can't stand stand start |
The verbs in this next, very small table can be followed by
either an infinitive or a gerund, but there will be a difference in meaning. I stopped
smoking means something quite different, for instance, from I stopped
to smoke. The infinitive form will usually describe a potential action.
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forget
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remember
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stop
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Finally, the verbs below will be followed by either a gerund or
a simple verb and a second subject will be required. I saw the team
losing its composure. I overheard my landlord discussing a
rent increase. (I heard Bill sing/singing.) These verbs involve the
senses.
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Verbs
Involving Senses
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feel
hear listen to |
look
at
notice observe |
overhear
see watch |
Verbs of perception — hear,
see, watch — and a handful of other verbs — help, let, and make —
will take what is called the bare infinitive, an infinitive without
the particle "to." This is true of these verbs only in the active
voice.
a. We watched him clear the table.
b. They heard the thief crash through the door.
c. She made me do it.
d. We helped her finish the homework.
Do we say "I can't stand him singing in
the shower," or do we say "I can't stand his singing
in the shower"? Well, you have to decide what you find objectionable: is
it him, the fact that he is singing in the shower,
or is it the singing that is being done by him that you can't
stand? Chances are, it's the latter, it's the singing thatbelongs to him that
bugs you. So we would say, "I can't stand hissinging in the
shower."
On the other hand, do we say "I noticed your standing
in the alley last night"? Probably not, because it's not the action that
we noticed; it's the person. So we'd say and write, instead, "I noticedyou standing
in the alley last night." Usually, however, when a noun or pronoun
precedes a gerund, that noun or pronoun takes a possessive form. This is
especially true of formal, academic writing.
There are exceptions to this. (What would the study of language
be without exceptions?)
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When the noun preceding the gerund is modified by other words,
use the common form of that noun, not the possessive.
a. Federico was pleased by Carlos's making the
Dean's List for the first time.
but
but
b. Federico was pleased by Carlos, his oldest son,
making the Dean's List for the first time.
When the noun preceding the gerund is plural, collective, or
abstract, use the common form of that noun, not the possessive.
c. Professor Villa was amazed by her students working
as hard as they did.
d. The class working collaboratively was somebody
else's idea.
e. It was a case of old age getting the better of
them.
There are certain situations in which the possessive and the
gerund create an awkward combination. This seems to be particularly true when
indefinite pronouns are involved.
f. I was shocked by somebody's making that remark.
This would be greatly improved by saying, instead . . .
This would be greatly improved by saying, instead . . .
g. I was shocked that somebody would make that remark.
This is also true when the "owner" of the gerund comes
wrapped in a noun phrase:
· I was thankful for the guy next door shoveling
snow from my driveway.
Sumber : http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/gerunds.htm
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