- •Grammatical categories of the gerund
- •Gerundial phrases
- •The gerund as subject
- •The gerund as predicate
- •The gerund as predicative
- •The gerund as part of compound verbal aspect predicate
- •The duration or continuation of the action,
- •4. The end of the action,
- •The gerund as attribute
- •Preposition ‘for’
- •Preposition ‘in’
- •Preposition ‘at’
- •The gerund as adverbial modifier
- •1. Adverbial Modifier of Time
- •Examples:
- •2. Adverbial Modifier of Manner and Attendant Circumstances
- •Examples:
- •3. Adverbial Modifier of Concession
- •Examples:
- •4. Adverbial Modifier of Comparison
- •Examples:
- •5. Adverbial Modifier of Cause/Reason
- •Examples:
- •6. Adverbial Modifier of Condition
- •Examples:
- •Adverbial Modifier of Exception
- •Examples:
- •Adverbial Modifier of Purpose
- •Examples:
- •The gerund as object
- •To advise to allow to permit to recommend to encourage
- •Preposition ‘for’
- •Preposition ‘at’
- •Preposition ‘from’
- •The Gerund and the verbal noun
- •Revision of gerund and infinitive
- •Appendix: verbals (2010-2011)
- •Infinitive and gerund
- •Verbs followed immediately by the infinitive
- •Verbs followed by either gerunds or infinitives without any change in meaning
- •Adjectives followed by the infinitive
- •Set expressions used with the infinitive
- •VI. Verbs commonly used with the gerund
- •VII. Adjectives always used with the gerund
- •Verbs with prepositions commonly used with the gerund
- •Set phrases with prepositions commonly used with the gerund
- •Gerunds after certain nouns with prepositions
- •Gerunds after prepositions
- •Infinitives and gerunds used with difference in meaning t o stop
- •T o remember, to forget, to regret,
- •T o mean
- •T o prefer
- •T o like
- •T o hate
- •T o be sorry
- •To be afraid, to dread, to fear
- •T o afford
- •T o consider
- •T o need
- •To advise to allow to recommend
- •T o be interested
- •T o imagine
- •Cannot help (used to say that it is impossible to avoid or prevent something)
T o imagine
gerund |
infinitive |
general use |
only as part of Complex Object with the verb ‘to be’- rare use |
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Cannot help (used to say that it is impossible to avoid or prevent something)
gerund |
infinitive |
cannot help + gerund = object |
cannot help but + bare infinitive = adverbial modifier of exception can’t help but = can’t but |
I can’t help thinking he knows more than he has told. = Я не могу не думать, что он знает больше того, что сказал. / Я не можу не думати, що він знає більш того, що сказав. |
She couldn’t help but wonder what he was thinking. = Ее не могло не интересовать, что он думает. / Її не могло не цікавити, що він думає. The little girl couldn’t but go to the hateful house every day though she was scared of the old lady. |