The gerund(and not the infinitive) should be used:
4. After the adjectives ‘busy’ and ‘worth’: He was busy WRITING a book. This date is worth REMEMBERING.
5. After certain phrases, such as ‘it’s no use’, ‘I can’t help’ ‘would you mind’, look forward to’.: I think it’s no use
TRYING again. I can’t help FEELING angry about it.
The gerund or the infintive(infinitives are verbs that are preceded by the preposition ‘to’- to do, to dance, etc) can be used after certain verbs, such as: begin, like, dislike, hate, love, prefer: He began TO TALK(right). He began TALKING(right).
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