| forget | I forgot to meet him.(I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.) | 
| I forgot meeting him.(I don’t have the memory of meeting him before.) | |
| go on | He went on to learn English and French.(He ended one period of time before this.) | 
| He went on learning English and French.(He continued learning the languages.) | |
| quit | She quit to work here.(She quit another job in order to work here.) | 
| She quit working here.(She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here anymore.) | |
| regret | I regret promising to help you.(I’m sorry that I made the promise.) | 
| I regret to tell you that we can't hire you.(I’m telling you now, and I’m sorry.) | |
| remember | She remembered to visit her grandmother.(She didn’t forget to visit.) | 
| She remembered visiting her grandmother.(She had memories of this time.) | |
| stop | I stopped to call you.(I interrupted another action in order to call you.) | 
| I stopped calling you.(I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.) | |
| try | I tried to open the window.(I attempted this action but didn’t succeed.) | 
| I tried opening the window.(This was one option I sampled. Maybe the room was hot.) | 
 
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