Dear teachers,

Could you be kind enough to share with me your considered opinion concerning the following sentences?

He liked to know the history of things and the current phrases of life. (Dreiser)

I like doing a little job of this sort. (Jerome)

I hate to think of that. (Dreiser)

I hate sitting still. (Fielding)

But I hate for you to be giving lessons. (O. Henry)

The Bantings hate being waked up on Sundays. (Lindsay)

V.