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by shekhar.kataria » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:19 pm
Recently,while going through some of the notes made by a user on BTG i got to see this as a topic. I have never heard of this list ever in my long connection with BTG.

IS this really true. ?? Can you prove with some examples. Thanks in advance.

List of verbs that can only have gerunds after them

acknowledge | admit | adore | anticipate | appreciate | avoid | celebrate | confess | contemplate
delay | deny | describe | detest | discuss | dislike | dread | endure | enjoy
fancy | finish | imagine | involve | keep | justify | mention | mind | miss | omit | postpone | practise
quit | recall | recommend | regret | report | resent | resume | risk | suggest | tolerate | understand
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by avik.ch » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:30 am
From where you got this list.

Lets take the first word : "acknowledge"

I acknowledge the receipt of your mail.
I acknowledge receiving your mail.

I think both are correct, and not only the second one.
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by EducationAisle » Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:52 am
Perhaps what the original poster means is that a rule/pattern when two verbs (verb forms) appear together.

So, while this is correct:
I acknowledge receiving your mail.

This is perhaps not:
I acknowledge to receive your mail.

The first verb determines whether the second verb should be Gerund or infinitive. Some information about this is mentioned on the following link:

https://wps.ablongman.com/long_faigley_p ... index.html

By the way, I quickly searched this page and did not find "acknowledge".

Also, as it boils down to pure memorization as to which verbs are followed with Gerunds and which are not, it is unlikely that an option would be right/wrong for this reason alone.
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by shekhar.kataria » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:36 pm
Thanks

I know multiple errors will lead us to correct option in one way or other, but there are some Questions ( sources not mentioned ) which simply test one skill such as perfect idiom, stylitic error etc., which unfortunately non-native speakers like me would not know until they come across it.

EducationAisle wrote:Perhaps what the original poster means is that a rule/pattern when two verbs (verb forms) appear together.

So, while this is correct:
I acknowledge receiving your mail.

This is perhaps not:
I acknowledge to receive your mail.

The first verb determines whether the second verb should be Gerund or infinitive. Some information about this is mentioned on the following link:

https://wps.ablongman.com/long_faigley_p ... index.html

By the way, I quickly searched this page and did not find "acknowledge".

Also, as it boils down to pure memorization as to which verbs are followed with Gerunds and which are not, it is unlikely that an option would be right/wrong for this reason alone.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:13 pm
Hi shekhar, I think the list I posted in the other thread ( https://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/e ... ge/gerunds) is as good of a list as you'll find.
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by EducationAisle » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:59 pm
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:Hi shekhar, I think the list I posted in the other thread ( https://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/e ... ge/gerunds) is as good of a list as you'll find.
Oh yes and I noticed acknowledge is mentioned in this list...right at the top, and must be followed with a Gerund.
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by shekhar.kataria » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:50 am
Thanks Bill.

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:Hi shekhar, I think the list I posted in the other thread ( https://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/e ... ge/gerunds) is as good of a list as you'll find.
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