VERBS OF LIKING WITH THE INFINITIVE AND THE GERUND.

The article analyzes that in a number of teaching grammars of English, "like" is treated as one of the verbs, which shows no difference in meaning when it is construed with the gerund or the "to"-infinitive. Another aspect of usage in this area, which will merit one's attention, is the fact that like is different from most of the other verbs in its semantic field in being used with both the infinitive and the gerund as complements. Another aspect of usage, which also deserves further attention, is the question of control or the identification of the agent of the non-finite verb's event.