💠 Grammar 💠

✅ GERUNG vs INFINITIVE (Part 5, verbs with INFINITIVE and GERUND without a change in meaning)

➡ advice, allow, encourage, forbid, permit, recommend ▪ take the to-infinitive when they are followed by an object or when they are in the passive form.
He advice us to leave early.
We were adviced to leave early.
▪ They take the -ing form when they are not followed by an object.
We advice leaving early.
❗ BUT: we use bare infinitive with subjunctive mood (when you want to advise that someone do something).
I strongly advise she do it because if not, it will cause a trouble.

➡ need, require, want are followed by to-infinitive, the -ing form or the passive infinitive.
You need to polish your shoes. Your shoes need polishing. You shoes need to be polished.

➡ begin, continue, intend, finish, neglect, plan, start, prefer can be followed by to-infinitive or the -ing form without a change in meaning.
She began crying/to cry.
❗ BUT: We don't use two -ing forms together.
The days are beginning to get shorter.