Stop to do vs stop doing _1minute
Stop to do
vs stop doing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-1/session-5
Sian
Hi, I'm Sian from BBC Learning English. What's the difference between stop to do and stop doing something?
Well, stop what you're doing right now because that's what I'm going to tell you.
When we use stop plus ING, the activity in the ING form stops. So, I have stopped drinking coffee. I'm not drinking coffee any more, I'm only drinking water.
But when stop is followed by the infinitive, it means we stop doing another action to do the action in the infinitive. So, I stopped to buy a tea this morning – I stopped walking in order to buy a tea
Right I'm going to stop talking now. Write me a comment and tell me something that you've stopped doing.

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