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I now regret borrowing money from my grandparents.

After the verbs admit, appreciate, avoid, celebrate, consider, delay, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, imagine, involve, keep, mind, miss, postpone

I can't bear seeing my best friend making such a fool of herself.

• after the expressions it's no good, it's not worth, it's no use, it's a waste of time, can't stand, can't bear, can't help:

The image wasn't clear enough to illustrate what it was supposed to depict.

After too and enough

I considered swapping this task for another one.

After the verbs admit, appreciate, avoid, celebrate, consider, delay, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, imagine, involve, keep, mind, miss, postpone, practise, regr

They've erected a metal barrier on that sharp bend to reduce accidents.

• to say why something exists:

She celebrated passing all her exams by going on a trip to Thailand.

After the verbs admit, appreciate, avoid, celebrate, consider, delay, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, imagine, involve, keep, mind, miss, postpone, practise

I'm looking forward to receiving a detailed reply to my letter of complaint.

Using verb + -ing after TO when to is a preposition:

It's not worth buying expensive ski gear - you can hire it.

• after the expressions it's no good, it's not worth, it's no use, it's a waste of time, can't stand, can't bear, can't help:

I hate criticising people. /I hate to criticise people.

Verbs followed by either an infinitive or a verb + -ing with almost the same meaning

CORRECTING mistakes is a crucial part of the learning process.

• As the subject or object of a sentence.

It was too late to express my opinion because the professor had already moved on to another topic.

- After too and enough

It's a waste of time trying to get rich by winning the lottery.

• after the expressions it's no good, it's not worth, it's no use, it's a waste of time, can't stand, can't bear, can't help:

He's taken up long-distance running to improve his health.

• to say why we do something

It continued being foggy all morning./ It continued to be foggy all morning.

Verbs followed by either an infinitive or a verb + -ing with almost the same meaning

He's improved his English by reading extensively.

• After prepositions

When he was fully recovered after the operation, he decided to take up WRESTLING.

• As the subject or object of a sentence

She put a tick to accept the terms and conditions.

• to say why we do something