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標題: Gerund/to infinitive [打印本頁]

作者: ting    時間: 13/6/2006 08:51 PM
標題: Gerund/to infinitive
Don't start trying/to try to learn aibebra before you have fininshed learning to do simple things in arithmetic.

If u can't fix that old thing, try to hit/hitting it with a hammer
作者: zubat    時間: 14/6/2006 07:32 AM
1. I think both are acceptable.
2. try to hit

It seems that "start+to infinitive" and "start+gerund" have no difference in meaning.
However, it does in the case of "try".
"Try+to infinitive" means to attempt to do sth. (嘗試)
"Try+gerund" means to test whether sth is good, satisfactory, effective, etc. (試用/試驗)
e.g. Have you ever tried windsurfing?




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