can't stand ...

light · #1 (**permalink**) 17-Mar-2006, 06:49

hello,
is it possbile to use an infinitive after 'can't stand'?
e.g. "I can't stand to be away from her..."

menandu · #2 (**permalink**) 17-Mar-2006, 07:03

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Originally Posted by light

hello,
is it possbile to use an infinitive after 'can't stand'?
e.g. "I can't stand to be away from her..."

I am certain that stand is one of those verbs that takes the -ingform on the following infinitive, ie, "I can't stand being away from her"

light · #3 (**permalink**) 17-Mar-2006, 07:11

I know it takes a gerund. That's why I am asking. Because I've seen examples with an infinitive.


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