Timeline for "Would you mind to do something?"
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| Feb 8, 2014 at 21:18 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| May 11, 2012 at 18:48 | vote | accept | Marcin | ||
| May 11, 2012 at 17:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/200997454336901121 | ||
| May 11, 2012 at 17:06 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Related: Why are the gerund and infinitive equally acceptable for some verbs, but not others ◊ When should a verb be followed by a gerund instead of an infinitive? (expressly mentions mind) ◊ “I like to do (be) something” vs “I like doing (being) something” ◊ Catenatives followed by infinitives and gerunds, and others. | |
| May 11, 2012 at 16:50 | comment | added | MT_Head | Maybe it's a function of the negative sense of the question? If you substitute "object" (v.) (which I'd consider a close synonym to "mind", only maybe a bit stronger), the same situation applies: Would you object to do something? is definitely wrong, but Would you object to doing something? is fine. Trying to think of other examples to see whether there's a clear distinction between positive and negative... | |
| May 11, 2012 at 16:47 | answer | added | John Lawler | timeline score: 34 | |
| May 11, 2012 at 16:43 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | I can’t answer the question of why this is, but I agree that it doesn’t scan right and has to be mind doing not mind to do. | |
| May 11, 2012 at 16:33 | history | asked | Marcin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |