Grammar Bank

Rules & form

• ›-ing after enjoy, avoid, mind, suggest, look forward to and all prepositions.
• ›to + verb after decide, want, hope, agree, offer, manage, need.
• ›Both, with a change of meaning: stop / remember / forget / try.
• ›Bare infinitive after make, let and modals.

Examples

• “I enjoy working with data but I want to learn design.”
• “She suggested postponing the launch.”
• “He stopped smoking. / He stopped to smoke.”