The following list shows the ten mistakes that
advanced students most often make when
they put one verb after another. In each case the form of the second verb is incorrect.
1. Main Verb: suggest
✗ suggest
(sb) to do sth
✗ I suggest to send our kids on a similar course.
✓ suggest
(that) sb do sth
✓ I suggest
(that) we send our
kids on a similar course.
2. Main Verb: recommend
✗ recommend
to do sth
✗ I recommend to write your feelings down on paper.
✓ recommend
doing sth
✓ I recommend writing your feelings down on paper.
3. Main Verb: look forward to
✗ look
forward to do sth
✗ I look forward to hear from you.
✓ look
forward to doing sth
✓ I look
forward to hearing from you.
4. Main Verb: need
✗ need
do sth; need doing sth
✗ We need resolve a lot of other important problems.
✓ need
to do sth
✓ We need
to resolve a
lot of other important problems.
5. Main Verb: consider
✗ consider
to do sth
✗ I would like you to consider to sell the house.
✓ consider
doing sth
✓ I would like you to consider selling the house.
6. Main Verb: want
✗ want
do sth
✗ If you want have the body you have always dreamed of, you must join a gym.
✓ want
to do sth
✓ If you want to have the body you have always dreamed of, you must join a gym.
7. Main Verb: be used to
✗ be
used to do sth
✗ She was not used to speak Cantonese.
✓ be
used to doing sth
✓ She was not used to speaking Cantonese.
8. Main Verb: (would) like
✗ would
like do sth
✗ I would like thank the families for their help.
✓ would
like to do sth
✓ I would
like to thank the
families for their help.
9. Main Verb: can
✗ can
to do sth
✗ We need to find new markets where we can to sell our products.
✓ can
do sth
✓ We need to find new markets where we can sell our products.
10. Main Verb: help
✗ help
(sb) doing sth
✗ My job was to help operating the rollercoaster.
✓ help
(sb) to do sth; help (sb) do sth
✓ My job was to help (them) to operate the roller-coaster.
✓ My job was to help (them) operate the roller-coaster.
Which verb+verb combinations trouble you the most?
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