Using "to" + infinitive and "ing"

Algunos verbos si los acompañas con otro verbo conjugado en la forma infinitiva o el gerundio tienen el mismo significado, sin embargo, otros verbos tendrán un diferente significado.

Igual significado para la forma infinitiva y el gerundio

Verb	Infinitive	Gerund
continue	I continued to teach when I moved to Canada.	I continued teaching when I moved to Canada.
love	I love to drink coffee every morning.	I love drinking coffee every morning.
hate	I hate to arrive late at work.	I hate arriving late at work.
start	I start to workout as soon as I finish work.	I start working out as soon as I finish work.
prefer	I prefer to stay at home sometimes in the weekend.	I prefer staying at home sometimes in the weekend.

Diferente significado para la forma infinitiva y el gerundio

Verb: forget
With infinite: Don’t forget to send me that email please. (refiriéndose al futuro)
With gerund: I forgot packing my passport when I was travelling. (refiriéndose al pasado)

Verb: go on
With infinite: You can go on to work on the next project when you are finished. (cambia el trabajo por otra actividad)
With gerund: You go on working on this project until you are finished. (continúa trabajando)

Verb: regret
With infinite: We regret to inform you that the flight has been delayed. (entregando malas noticias)
With gerund: I regret informing her about her flight. (muestra tristeza acerca de algo que ha sucedido)

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Contribución creada por Andrés Guano.