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§ 21. The use of the gerund.
In Modern English the gerund is widely used and often com­petes with the infinitive.
In the following cases only the gerund is used: 1. With the verbs and verbal phrases: to avoid, to burst out, to deny, to enjoy, to excuse, to fancy (in imperative sentences as an exclamation of surprise), to finish, to forgive, to give up, to go on, to keep (on), to leave off, to mind (in negative and interrogative sentences), to postpone, to put off, cannot help, and some others.
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He avoided looking at Savina. (Wilson)
Oh H36era.'i cMOTpeib na Ca6nHy.
.. .she burst out crying. (Collins)
OHa pacn.iaKa^acb.
We all burst out laughing. (Braine)
Mbi Bee paccMen.THCb.
She denied having been at the station that evening. (Gaskell)
OHa oipHna^a, mto 6bi;ia b tot BeMep Ha CTaiimm.
... he enjoyed thinking of her as his future wife. (Eliot)
... e>iy jxocTaB/iH.io yiOBO.ibCTBue ayMarb o neH kai< o caoeh 6y-
nyuieh /Kene.
Excuse my leaving you in the dark a moment. (Dickens)
M3BHHMTe, MTO fl Ha MHHVTy OCTaB.IK) BaC B TeMHOTC
Fancy finding you here at such an hour! (Hardy)
fl aawe h npeacraBirrb ce6e He Mor, mo 3acrany uac 3aecb b
Tanoe BpeMfl!
Forgive my speaking plainly. (Hardy)
ripocTiiTe, mto h roBopio TaK npHMO.
When the Committee had finished deciding on its politics, he
had gone home. (Heym)
Koraa KOMHTeT kohmh.i pa3pa6arbiBaTb cboh n.iaH aeftcTBufl, oh
IIOLUe.T HOMOtt.
Willoughby gave up singing and looked at Karen and Yates from under drooping eyelids. (Heym)
yu.i.ioySn liepecra.i neTb h HcnoiuioSba nooiOTpe.i Ha KapeH h ftettTca.
They went on talking. (Hardy) Ohh npo^o.T/Ka.m pa3roBapnBaTb.
Doctor keeps coming and having a look at me. (Priestley) XLoktop npo.ao.i-/KaeT (He nepecraer) HaBemarb mchh w ocMaTpw-BaTb.
It was quite rough; but 1 kept on rowing. (Hemingway) 03epo 6m.io necnoKofiHO, ho h npoao.T/Ka.i (He nepecTaBa.i) rpecrn. I have left off shooting. (Eliot) 51 nepecTa.T oxoTHTbca.
Do you mind my asking you one or two more questions? (Col­lins)
Bbi Himero He HMeere iipothb roro, mto6u h 3aaa;i BaM eme oann-aBa Bonpoca?
Would you mind waiting a week or two? (Dreiser) Bli lumero ne HMeeTe npoTiiB Toro, mto6m noaowaaib Heae;ibKy-apyryio?
1 don't mind going and seeing her. (Hardy) 5\ Himero lie HMeio npoTiiB roro, mto6i>i HaBecniTb ee. We could put off going over the house. (Eliot)
Mbi MOr.lli 6bl 0T.10>KllTb OC.MOTp aOMa.
She couldn't help smiling. (Mansfield) OHa ne Mor.ia ne y.ibi6HyrbCH.
2. With the following verbs and verbal phrases used with a preposition: to accuse of, to agree to, to approve of, to complain of, to depend on, to feel tike, to insist on, to look like, to object to, to persist in, to prevent from, to rely on, to speak of, to succeed in, to suspect of, to thank for, to think of, to give up the idea of, to look forward to, not to like the idea of, to miss an (the) opportunity of and some others.
They accuse me of having dealt with the Germans. (Heym)
MeHfl oGbhhjuot b tom, mto a iimci ae/io c He.MuaMii.
It was clear now... that Abraham never had agreed to their