Common verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives

Some common verbs followed by a gerund (note that phrasal verbs, marked here with *, always fall into this category):

acknowledge	She acknowledged receiving assistance.
* accuse of	He was accused of smuggling contraband goods.
admit	They admitted falsifying the data.
advise	The author advises undertaking further study.
anticipate	He anticipates having trouble with his supervisor.
appreciate	I appreciated having a chance to read your draft.
avoid	He avoided answering my question.
complete	I finally completed writing my thesis.
consider	They will consider granting you money.
defer	She deferred writing her report.
delay	We delayed reporting the results until we were sure.
deny	They denied copying the information.
discuss	They discussed running the experiments again.
entail	This review procedure entails repeating the test.
* look after	He will look after mailing the tickets.
* insist on	He insisted on proofreading the article again.
involve	This procedure involves testing each sample twice.
justify	My results justify taking drastic action.
mention	The author mentions seeing this event.
* plan on	They had planned on attending the conference.
postpone	The committee has postponed writing the report.
recall	I cannot recall getting those results before.
resent	He resented spending so much time on the project.
recommend	She recommends reading Marx.
resist	The writer resists giving any easy answers.
risk	She risks losing her viewing time.
sanction	They will not sanction copying without permission.
suggest	I suggest repeating the experiment.
* take care of	He will take care of sending it to you.
tolerate	She can’t tolerate waiting for results.

Some common verbs followed by an infinitive:

afford	We cannot afford to hesitate.
agree	The professors agreed to disagree.
appear	The results appear to support your theory.
arrange	They had arranged to meet at noon.
beg	I beg to differ with you.
care	Would you care to respond?
claim	She claims to have new data.
consent	Will you consent to run for office?
decide	When did he decide to withdraw?
demand	I demand to see the results of the survey.
deserve	She deserves to have a fair hearing.
expect	The committee expects to decide by tomorrow.
fail	The trial failed to confirm his hypothesis.
hesitate	I hesitate to try the experiment again.
hope	What do you hope to accomplish?
learn	We have learned to proceed with caution.
manage	How did she manage to find the solution?
neglect	The author neglected to provide an index.
need	Do we need to find new subjects?
offer	We could offer to change the time of the meeting.
plan	They had planned to attend the conference.
prepare	He was not prepared to give a lecture.
pretend	I do not pretend to know the answer.
promise	They promise to demonstrate the new equipment.
refuse	She refused to cooperate any longer.
seem	Something seems to be wrong with your design.
struggle	We struggled to understand her point of view.
swear	He swears to tell the truth.
threaten	The team threatened to stop their research.
volunteer	Will you volunteer to lead the group?
wait	We could not wait to hear the outcome.
want	She did not want to go first.
wish	Do you wish to participate?

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Verbs followed by a gerund or infinitive with a change in meaning:

forget	I forgot to meet him. (I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.)
	I forgot meeting him. (I don’t have the memory of meeting him before.)
go on	He went on to learn English and French. (He ended one period of time before this.)
	He went on learning English and French. (He continued learning the languages.)
quit	She quit to work here. (She quit another job in order to work here.)
	She quit working here. (She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here anymore.)
regret	I regret promising to help you. (I’m sorry that I made the promise.)
	I regret to tell you that we can't hire you. (I’m telling you now, and I’m sorry.)
remember	She remembered to visit her grandmother. (She didn’t forget to visit.)
	She remembered visiting her grandmother. (She had memories of this time.)
stop	I stopped to call you. (I interrupted another action in order to call you.)
	I stopped calling you. (I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.)
try	I tried to open the window. (I attempted this action but didn’t succeed.)
	I tried opening the window. (This was one option I sampled. Maybe the room was hot.)