Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Lesson 112--more gerunds versus infinitives

 

 
The phrasal verb go on can be followed by either a gerund or an infinitive.  The meanings of these two things are not the same.

 

+ gerund


He went on talking about his car for two hours.

This means he only talked about his car, non stop, for two hours.

 

+ infinitive


He started talking about motorcycles, then he went on to talk about cars.

This means he changed the subject (either closely related or not).  He started talking about one thing, then something else.

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