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can’t endure, can’t/couldn’t help (followed by either a simple gerund form or perfect gerund
form), (can’t) stand, confess/confess to (allowed to be followed by a perfect form), consider,
contemplate (either a possessive or objective case for the logical subject of the gerund can be
used), continue, defend, defer, delay, deny (usually followed by a perfect gerund form), deplore,
deprecate, describe, deserve (followed by a gerund with passive meaning), detest (rarely using
the to-infinitive), discontinue, dislike (either a simple gerund form or a perfect gerund form and
either a possessive or objective case for the logical subject of the gerund), doubt, dread (the to-
infinitive used mainly with think or imagine), encourage, endure, enjoy (no perfect gerund
form), entail, envisage, escape, excuse, evade, face (used in the question or negative with can),
facilitate, fancy (= want), favor, finish (no perfect gerund form), forbid, forget (followed by
either a simple gerund form or a perfect gerund form), forgive, grudge, hate (better to use an
objective case or a noun without apostrophe if a gerund needs a logical subject) , have (=
experience), imagine (can be followed by either a simple gerund form or a perfect gerund form),
include, intend, involve, justify, keep from, keep (on), like (better to use an objective case or a
noun without apostrophe if a gerund needs a logical subject), love, mean, mention, mind (used
in negation or question), miss, necessitate, need, omit, pardon, permit (the to-infinitive also used
in SVOC), postpone, prefer, practice (AmE), practise (BrE), prevent, propose, put off, quit,
recall, recollect (can be followed by either a simple gerund form or a perfect gerund form),
recommend (the to-infinitive also used in SVOC), regret (followed by either a simple gerund
form or a perfect gerund form), remember (can be followed by either a simple gerund form or a
perfect gerund form), renounce, require, report, resent (followed by either a simple gerund form
or a perfect gerund form), resist, resume, risk, save, can’t see (= can’t imagine) somebody doing
something, shun, cannot stand (= stand meaning bear or endure), start (an objective case for the
logical subject of the gerund), stop, try, suggest, tolerate, understand, want, warrant, and other
phrasal verbs such as feel like, give up (smoking), go on (working), leave off (raining), put off,
and set about (doing something), etc.
For example:
Sandy doesn’t advocate you/your going there tomorrow.
I don’t advocate starting the project tomorrow.
They don’t allow sunbathing here.
Cf. They don’t allow people to sunbathe here.
My aunt doesn’t allow smoking here.
Cf. My aunt doesn’t allow people to smoke here.
Dr. Kang appreciated being invited to dinner last night.
(with passive voice; the logical object of invited is the subject of the sentence, Dr.
Kang.)
Try to avoid making such a silly mistake next time.
I can’t bear seeing/to see her husband treated badly.
Don’t bother washing up/to wash up.