My question is: Why the verb “allow” is in Envid’s list of verbs that SHOULD be followed by gerunds, if the verb Allow can be followed by an object + the infinitive, by a gerund, or by a noun. The gerund is used when the subject of the action the gerund describes is unnecessary, as in for general statements. Examples It's not a mortal sin, but the simple infinitive is more usual. If you want to over-analyse a bit, when you use the gerund, you're agreeing to that action / activity “in general”, as acceptable, rather than specifically to take that action. For example: I agree to go home - I will go home (now, or at a particular time that's been suggested) Jun 17, 2011. #1. Hello friends, As I know a gerund form of a verb follows understand verb, but I found in the 'Oxford Advanced Dictionary' that to infinitive form is also used. 4- (Think/Believe) to think or believe that something is true because you have been told that it is. -> The Prime Minister is understood to have been extremely angry A gerund phrase can be the subject, object, or complement of a sentence. A gerund is a verbal noun, i.e., it is made of the base form of the verb, plus -ing, and it functions as a noun. If the Vay Tiền Trả Góp Theo Tháng Chỉ Cần Cmnd.

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