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remember | stop + INFINITVE | VERBing

B2 gerunds infinitve verbs

remember | stop + INFINITVE | VERBing

Point 45 in VERBS is defined as:

follow some verbs with a ‘to’-infinitive or an ‘-ing’ form, with a change in meaning.

*The verbs in the EGP examples are ‘remember’ and ‘stop’.

It is interesting that that top 25 ‘remember’ are all in the base/infinitive form for remember.  Where as ‘stop’ has a few past forms.

In iWeb:

remember* to _VVI

1 REMEMBER TO KEEP 9043
2 REMEMBER TO USE 6925
3 REMEMBER TO TAKE 6747
4 REMEMBER TO CHECK 5406
5 REMEMBER TO BRING 3839
6 REMEMBER TO INCLUDE 3200
7 REMEMBER TO MAKE 2650
8 REMEMBER TO PUT 2135
9 REMEMBER TO ADD 2022
10 REMEMBER TO TURN 1938
11 REMEMBER TO GET 1826
12 REMEMBER TO ASK 1789
13 REMEMBER TO LOOK 1746
14 REMEMBER TO CHANGE 1517
15 REMEMBER TO LEAVE 1512
16 REMEMBER TO GIVE 1502
17 REMEMBER TO STAY 1495


18 REMEMBER TO REMOVE 1463

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19 REMEMBER TO SET 1421
20 REMEMBER TO SAVE 1331
21 REMEMBER TO FOLLOW 1278
22 REMEMBER TO CLICK 1083
23 REMEMBER TO GO 1061
24 REMEMBER TO WEAR 1054
25 REMEMBER TO PACK 1032

stop* to _VVI

1 STOP TO THINK 3306
2 STOPPED TO THINK 1412
3 STOPPED TO HELP 1147
4 STOP TO TAKE 1073
5 STOPPED TO TAKE 954
6 STOP TO CONSIDER 879
7 STOPS TO MAKE 701
8 STOP TO SEE 700
9 STOPPED TO LOOK 677
10 STOPPING TO TAKE 649
11 STOP TO LOOK 640
12 STOP TO GET 617
13 STOPPED TO TALK 594
14 STOPPED TO ASK 578
15 STOPPED TO CONSIDER 535
16 STOPPED TO SEE 525
17 STOPPED TO WATCH 475
18 STOPPED TO GET 452
19 STOP TO ASK 449
20 STOPS TO GET 440
21 STOP TO MAKE 435
22 STOPPING TO THINK 431
23 STOP TO HELP 429
24 STOPPED TO CHECK 408
25 STOP TO PICK 403

remember* _VVG

1 REMEMBER SEEING 14228
2 REMEMBER READING 11923
3 REMEMBER THINKING 6492
4 REMEMBER GOING 5809
5 REMEMBER WATCHING 5509
6 REMEMBER HEARING 4906
7 REMEMBER GETTING 4118
8 REMEMBER FEELING 3124
9 REMEMBER SITTING 3098
10 REMEMBER PLAYING 3010
11 REMEMBER LOOKING 2471
12 REMEMBER SAYING 2091
13 REMEMBER WALKING 1846
14 REMEMBER MAKING 1506
15 REMEMBER TAKING 1496
16 REMEMBER TRYING 1473
17 REMEMBER USING 1456
18 REMEMBER ASKING 1418
19 REMEMBER TALKING 1417
20 REMEMBER TELLING 1408
21 REMEMBER COMING 1285
22 REMEMBERED SEEING 1150
23 REMEMBER LEARNING 1060
24 REMEMBER BUYING 1036
25 REMEMBER STANDING 928

1 STOP USING 29074
2 STOPPED WORKING 22277
3 STOP TAKING 20434
4 STOP WORKING 19323
5 STOPPED USING 12576
6 STOP TALKING 12020
7 STOP TRYING 11986
8 STOP MAKING 11951
9 STOP THINKING 11723
10 STOP PLAYING 10407
11 STOPPED TAKING 8689
12 STOPS WORKING 7798
13 STOP LOOKING 7456
14 STOP EATING 6479
15 STOP READING 6225
16 STOP PAYING 5673
17 STOPPED PLAYING 5461
18 STOPPED MAKING 4763


19 STOP WASTING 4542

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Monitoring your water consumption will stop the waste. You will also want to check the efficiency of your individual water devices at home.
4 days ago

20 STOP CALLING 4396
21 STOP GIVING 4157
22 STOP BUYING 4107
23 STOP WATCHING 4060
24 STOP MOVING 3882
25 STOP LAUGHING 3603

B1 vocabulary.  (there was nothing higher)

(consider|remove|wasting)

*1 example in PELIC: ‘stopping wasting food’ which felt a bit awkwardly worded.

remember stop VVG VVI

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