2015-08-21
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1a / love/like to watch TV.
b / love/like watching TV 2a / hate to disturb you
b / hate disturbing you
3a / dread to think what has happened to him b / dread going to the dentist
4a / prefer to wait here
b / prefer waiting here
c / prefer swimming to cycling. 5a Would you like to eat out? b I'd like to. I'd love to. c I'd love sailing if I could
afford it d I'd hate to disturb him if
he's busy e You'd hate to live on a desert island 6a / wouldn't like you to think I'd forgotten you b / like him/his playing the guitar
Comment
Same (general) meaning,
(but I am just about to do so),
(= I'm disturbing you and I'm
sorry) or general use.
(so I dare not try to). */ dread
thinking" is unacceptable,
(= whenever I go, I'm terrified).
*/ dread to go* is unacceptable.
(so I'll wait here if you don't
mind),
(= I'm waiting here and I prefer
doing that).
Not the infinitive here.
Not the gerund here,
