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Gerund or Infinitive?
Last night I was __________ so I decided to call my friend Paul.We arranged to see a movie at the mall. I intended to meet him athis apartment at eight; I meant to be on _______ but I was late.He had to wait. I __________ to find that he wasn't upset, but heseemed to be vexed that I'd neglected to text. We hurried to makeit and we managed to arrive in time; but there were tons of _____standing in line. We attempted to get in but we failed to get _____for the show. It had sold out. Wouldn't you know?
I volunteered to buy lunch because I _____ bad. He hesitated toaccept. He was mad. He suggested that I offer to fill up his car, butI _________ to go along; he was taking this too far. I said, �Let�smeet halfway: at the cafe, I'll pay and then I ________ to buy gason another day.� He struggled to believe me. I claimed to be sincere, but it's true my ________ often tends to disappear; but Ipretended to care because I needed him to share his ______ thenext week. I was preparing to speak at a wedding where my friendwould be the bride. And Paul had sworn to agree to _______ me aride.
I can't afford to buy a car or pay to settle my debts. I'd _____ tosave up money, I just haven't done it yet. I plan to build skills; I�llgrow to learn to pay bills. I can't _______ to earn what I deserveto earn. When I choose to get rich, I'll have _______ to burn! Ienjoy hanging out with my friend Mike; but I ________ having towait. I can't tolerate always being late to a show and then lendinghim dough. And I resent being told, "Oh well, Paul, you _______,I'll pay you back what I owe and I anticipated being on time." I'ma flexible guy and normally I don't _______ being a bit behindschedule but with Mike it's getting _________. He's a bum; he's amooch, yet denies being lazy. He avoids telling the truth. It neverceases to amaze me.
Time and time again I've resisted ________ "yes" to his plans. Ican't understand a man wanting this life. I keep telling him: "Consider one day having a _______. Do you imagine having fun andbeing nice will suffice?� But he doesn't appreciate ________ myadvice. I recall recommending his writing things down. He mentioned buying a _________, but I never see him carrying it around.We've discussed setting the alarm on his ________. He said hecouldn't help forgetting it at home.
Does a person have to practice growing up to quit acting like a kid?I ________ doing all the things I did as a teen. But postpone beingan adult? I mean, Mike's like a ________ to me at the end of theday. I'd never risk losing his _________, so I'm finished saying,"Here's what to do" and "I suggest doing that." I just hope that hepicks up the slack and gets on track.
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