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=====Patterns 4a and 3a: ''I remember seeing her come'' and ''She remembered to come''===== :Verbs in both 'START' AND 'STOP' (''-ing'') GROUP and 'BEGIN' (''to''-infinitive) GROUPS ::''begin, cease, come, commence, continue, get, start,'' ::Also ''go on'' β with different meanings :::''She went on singing'' β 'She continued singing' :::''She went on to sing'' β 'Afterwards, she sang' :::''She went on at me to sing'' β 'She nagged me to sing' (i.e. that I should sing) ::Superficially, ''stop'' appears to be used in the 3a (''to''-infinitive) pattern :::''She stopped to sing'' β 'She stopped in order to sing' ::However, the phrase ''to sing'' is quite separate and separable ::: ''She stopped for a moment to sing'' ::: ''She stopped what she was doing to sing'' :: And the phrase may be used in all manner of sentences :::''She travelled to Paris to sing'' :::''She abandoned her husband and her children to sing'' :Verbs in both 'DREAD' AND LOOK FORWARD TO' (''-ing'') GROUP and 'HOPE' (''to''-infinitive) GROUPS ::''dread, fear'' :Verb in both 'CONSIDER' (''-ing'') GROUP and 'HOPE' (''to''-infinitive) GROUPS ::''intend'' :Verb in both 'REMEMBER' (''-ing'') GROUP and 'MANAGE' (''to''-infinitive) GROUPS ::''remember'' β with different meanings :::''I remembered going'' β'I remembered that I had previously gone' :::''I remembered to go'' β'I remembered that I had to go, so I did go' :Verbs in both 'NEED' (''-ing'') GROUP and 'NEED' (''to''-infinitive) GROUPS ::''deserve, need''
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