Using two verbs together to add information about actions

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Introduction

This file provides information about some of the problems that students have with double-verb structures gloss.gif (923 bytes). These problems are largely to do with deciding whether the second verb is an infinitive or the -ing form.

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square.gif (58 bytes) Introduction
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Deciding whether the second verb is an infinitive or the -ing form
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Problems with the infinitive
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Problems in recognising verbs with a negative meaning
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Help + to-infinitive