Representing thinking, perceiving, liking and desiring
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Verbs which are associated with likes and dislikes
Attitude verbs, eg adore, dread, like, love, admire, prefer, fear, hate, have a number of grammatical patterns associated with them. For example, the verb might be followed by the -ing form:
Of course, the French adore making the English feel uncomfortable.
(Bank of English)
or it might be followed by the to-infinitive:
I dread to think what they will wear when the snow is knee-deep.
(Bank of English)
There are a number of other grammatical patterns in addition to these, each of which is associated with a particular aspect of meaning.
For further information about the grammatical patterns associated with attitude verbs,
see
Representing thinking, perceiving, liking and desiring: Using verb
patterns to represent likes and dislikes.
Introduction
Verbs which are associated with likes and dislikes
