Reporting verbs and patterns
Reporting verbs and patterns
She suggested leaving early. He denied taking the money. They offered to help. Reporting verbs + patterns: gerund, infinitive, that, object + to-infinitive.
verb + gerund vs verb + to-infinitive
+ gerund: suggest, deny, recommend, admit, regret: She suggested leaving early. He denied taking the money.
+ to-infinitive: promise, offer, refuse, agree, threaten: They offered to help. He refused to answer.
❌ He suggested me to go — use suggested + gerund or suggested (that) I go.
verb + object + to-infinitive & that
tell, ask, advise, warn, invite, remind + sb + to-infinitive: She told me to wait. I advised him to rest.
+ that clause: say, explain, claim, complain, mention, remark: He claimed that he was tired. She explained that she’d be late.
👉 say never takes a personal object: ❌ He said me… → tell me or say to me.
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