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I want to know, is there any difference between "stop + v.(ing)" and "stopped to + v.". These are example sentences. I stop working for a month vs I stopped to work for a month I stop watching movies vs I stopped to watch movies I stop cooking for a year vs I stopped to cook I read “I like to do (be) something” vs “I like doing (being) something” but I still don't understand what is the difference or when and how to use them. |
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Both are correct, but they have very different meanings. I stopped working means I once worked, and now no longer do. I stopped to work means that I once was doing something (unspecified, based on context), and I ceased from doing it so that I could work. The infinitive (to work) here has the meaning of in order to work and so that I could work. So I stopped cooking means I once cooked, and no longer do, but I stopped to cook means I stopped [doing something] so that I was then able to cook. |
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