Apr 302015
There are a few verbs which can be followed by either a gerund or infinitive but the meaning changes. One is the verb ‘try’. The meaning change here is pretty subtle – advanced level stuff – and its the subject of our latest video.
Another one is the verb ‘stop’ and there the meaning change is more pronounced. We made a video about that too a while back which you can find here:
Both videos are also available with clickable transcripts at our Simple English Videos website.

Don’t forget the try and do, stop and do variants, which are informal but standard.
Good point John!