A its hot lets go out for a cold drink b id prefe r

A: It’s hot. Let’s go out for a cold drink.
B: I ’d prefe r to stay at home and have a
drink.
Compare:
Compare: I’ d rather stay at home and
have a drink.
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4 When verbs such as advise and allow are followed
by a personal object ( me, us, etc.), they require the
use of the to- infinitive. Without the personal object,
the gerund is used.
He advised an Octopus card.
They won’t allow here.
buying
us to buy
parking
us to park

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We can use the bare infinitive (the infinitive without to )
or verb + - ing after see, notice, watch, observe, hear,
overhear, feel, etc. if the action is in progress.
I saw him talking on the phone, so I thought I’d
better wait.
We use the bare infinitive when we see, hear, etc.
an action from beginning to end.
People rushed to help the old man when
they saw him fall into the water.

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The verbs below may be followed by the to -infinitive or - ing ,
depending on the meaning we want to express.

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remember/forget
We use the - ing when we remember / forget something
after we do it.
I remember meeting you at John’s party last
month.
We use the to -infinitive when we remember / forget
something before we have to do it.
I must remember to post the letter for you on
my way to school tomorrow.

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try
When we try to do something, we make an effort to do
it.
Tom: You’re late.
Pat: Sorry. I tried to get a taxi, but I couldn’t.
When we try doing something, we do it and see what
happens.
Tom: I can’t get this price sticker off my new mug.
Pat: Why don’t you try soaking the mug in
water?

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stop
If we stop doing something, we no longer do it.
When the teacher came in, the students stopped
talking .
If we stop to do something, we stop what we are doing
so that we can do something else.
While on his way to work, he stopped to buy a
newspaper.

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go on (= continue )
We use go on + - ing to describe something that
continues.