Comment on English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense
marron12@lemmy.world 4 months agoAnd then there’s the different ways to connect verbs in English.
- I want to go to the movies. (“I want going” is wrong.)
- I like going to the movies. / I like to go to the movies. (Both ways work.)
- I despise going to the movies. (“I despise to go” is wrong.)
There aren’t rules for that, as far as I know. Just very fuzzy guidelines at best. And word stress is pretty random too. Both of those things can be tricky for non-native speakers.