When and How to Use Each Expression?
Get a sense of when and how each expression can be used through the following examples!To endite (Infinitive)
Purpose or Intention: Use the infinitive "to endite" when you want to express a purpose, intention, desire, or potential action
Example
I want to endite a poem for the competition.
Enditing (Gerund)
Activity or Experience: Use the gerund "enditing" when you want to refer to the activity itself or the experience as a noun.
Example
Enditing requires attention to detail.
Where can infinitives/gerunds be placed in a sentence?
To endite (Infinitive)
- 1Subject
To endite requires creativity and skill.
To endite requires creativity and skill.
- "*To endite*" serves as the subject of the sentence.
- Infinitive phrase (subject) + verb (requires) + noun phrase (creativity and skill).
- 2Object
She wants me to endite a letter for her.
She wants me to endite a letter for her.
- "Me *to endite* a letter" is the object of the verb "wants."
- Noun (She) + verb (wants) + noun phrase (me *to endite* a letter).
- 3Adjective Modifier
I need a pen to endite my thoughts.
I need a pen to endite my thoughts.
- "*To endite* my thoughts" modifies the noun "pen."
- Noun (I) + verb (need) + noun phrase (a pen *to endite* my thoughts).
Enditing (Gerund)
- 1Subject
Enditing is an essential part of the writing process.
Enditing is an essential part of the writing process.
- "*Enditing*" is the subject of the sentence.
- Gerund (subject) + verb (is) + noun phrase (an essential part of the writing process).
- 2Object
I enjoy enditing articles for the magazine.
I enjoy enditing articles for the magazine.
- "*Enditing* articles for the magazine" is the object of the verb "enjoy."
- Noun (I) + verb (enjoy) + gerund (*enditing* articles for the magazine).
- 3Object of Preposition
She has a talent for enditing stories.
She has a talent for enditing stories.
- "For *enditing* stories" is the object of the preposition "for."
- Noun phrase (She) + verb (has) + noun phrase (a talent for *enditing* stories).
Verbs Taking Infinitives/Gerunds as Objects
The following are verbs that can take only the base form of the verb (infinitive), only the -ing form (gerund), or both.Verbs Taking Infinitives as Objects
Example
She plans to endite a novel next year.
They hope to endite a song together.
He wants to endite a screenplay for a movie.
We decided to endite a play for the theater festival.
They agreed to endite a poem for the anthology.
Verbs Taking Gerunds as Objects
Example
She enjoys enditing poems in her free time.
They recommend professional enditing for academic papers.
I avoid enditing late at night when I'm tired.
Can you imagine yourself enditing a bestselling novel?
We are considering enditing our manuscript before submitting it.
