====== -ING vs TO + VERB  ======

==== 🧠 Astuce principale ====
**-ING** → action **réelle**, vécue, ou générale → on est *dans* l’action ou le souvenir.  
**TO + VERB** → action **prévue**, à faire, ou intention → on regarde *vers* l’action.  

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=====📌 1. Quand utiliser -ING ====
  * Après certains verbes (souvent émotions, goûts, habitudes) :  
    enjoy, avoid, suggest, admit, consider, deny, miss, finish, give up, keep, can’t stand, practice, be worth…  
    → ''I enjoy **reading** before bed.''
  * Après une préposition (in, at, for, without, about, etc.) :  
    → ''She’s good **at singing**.''
  * Comme sujet ou objet :  
    → ''**Swimming** is good exercise.''
  * Après certaines expressions fixes :  
    it’s no use, it’s worth, can’t help, spend time…  
    → ''It’s worth **trying** again.''
  * Pour les temps continus :  
    → ''I’m **studying** now.''

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==== 📌 2. Quand utiliser TO + VERB ====
  * Après certains verbes (souvent intention, décision, plan) :  
    want, need, decide, plan, hope, expect, promise, agree, refuse, afford, manage, learn…  
    → ''I decided **to leave** early.''
  * Après des adjectifs + ''it'' :  
    → ''It’s important **to arrive** on time.''
  * Après certaines structures :  
    too + adj, adj + enough, first/last/best…  
    → ''She’s too young **to drive''.
  * Après verbe + objet + to + verb :  
    advise, allow, tell, ask, expect, want…  
    → ''They told me **to wait** here.''

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==== 📌 3. Verbes qui acceptent les deux (sens différent) ====
^ Verbe ^ -ING = passé / expérience ^ TO + VERB = futur / intention ^
| remember | I remember **locking** the door. | Remember **to lock** the door. |
| forget | I’ll never forget **meeting** you. | Don’t forget **to meet** her. |
| stop | He stopped **smoking**. | He stopped **to smoke**. |
| try | Try **adding** more salt. | Try **to finish** on time. |
| regret | I regret **telling** her. | I regret **to tell** you… |
| go on | She went on **talking**. | She went on **to talk** about… |
| like/love/hate | I love **reading**. | I love **to read** before bed. |
| mean | This means **getting** up early. | I meant **to call** you. |

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==== 📌 4. Mini-rappel ====
Ne pense pas seulement ''émotion vs rationnel'' — pense aussi **temps et perspective** :
  * **-ING** → souvenir, expérience → on *vit* l’action.
  * **TO + VERB** → but, plan → on *vise* l’action.