35. Verbs with two objects 3

35. Verbs with two objects 3

1. Verbs + each other / one another

   • Sue and Ken blamed each other / one another when their daughter broke her arm (14)
   • Con algunos verbos (agree, coincide, play) debemos utilizar la preposición with antes que each / one another (15)
     • It is wonderful to see two small children playing with each other peacefully
   • Después de los verbos embrace, fight, kiss, marry y meet podemos utilizar each other o (with) one another, pudiéndose omitir
     • Two small children at a nursery school might hug (each other / one another) when they meet
   • Podemos separar each y other por énfasis
     • If their language is more developed, they might each blame the other for a broken toy…

2. Verbo + to- infinitive / -ing

   • Cuando dos verbos son utilizados juntos, el segundo verbo es en tanto un to-infinitive, un -ing o una forma infinitiva vacía (16)
   • Algunos verbos van seguidos por to-infinitive o una forma -ing con una pequeña o ninguna diferencia en el significado
     • I started to scream / I started screaming
   • Evitamos utilizar dos formas -ing juntas.
   • Después de verbos de opinión (hate, like, love y prefer), podemos utilizar tanto to- infinitive como una forma -ing
   • Preferimos to-infinitive cuando decimos que hacemos algo regularmente
     • When I was younger, I used to hate to swim in the sea (regular swimming)
     • When I was younger, I used to hate swimming in the sea (implies swimming in general)
   • Después de would (‘d) con hate, like, love o prefer, utilizamos to-infinitive
     • I’d love to think that it could avoid a huge expansion in visitors
   • Algunos verbos pueden ir seguidos tanto por un to-infinitive o una forma -ing, pero el significado del verbo es diferente (17)
     • I came to realise that the Lombok people are very kind (gradual realisation)
     • It came swimming towards me (something swam in your direction)
   • Utilizamos una forma -ing después de un verbo con preposición
     • I put off going home for as long as possible
   • Utilizamos una forma -ing después de to si éste es una preposición
     • I’d really been looking forward to staying at the Hotel Sanar in Mataram.
   • En las oraciones negativas, la posición del not puede influir en el significado
     • I regretted not speaking the local language / I didn’t regret speaking
     • I was told not to exercise / I wasn’t told to exercise