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stop + -ing or stop + to-infinitive?
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You can follow some verbs with the -ing form or to-infinitive, but there is a difference in meaning.
| We’ve just stopped to have something to eat. = We were driving. We wanted something to eat. We stopped driving. |
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| She’s stopped feeling sick. = She felt sick. Then she go better. She doesn’t feel sick now. |
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| Health and illness: break a leg, feel sick, get better, have a headache, lose weight, stop smoking. take regular exercise |
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