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Question ? Please #384

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In my opinion, I think the first following sentence is right and the second following sentence is incorrect because the 'consider' must be followed +ing form. But I also can say I consider it necessary to do sth that I found in the dictionary. I was wonder what is difference between "2)" and "3)"??

1)I never consider giving up sth.
2)I never consider to give up sth.
3)I consider it necessary to do sth.

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Question ? Please #385

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you are right in thinking # 1 is right and 32 is incorrect because " consider" must be followed by "+ing" form.
And, you're also right in saying we also use #3. And you ask what the difference is between #2 and #3.
The difference is that #2 does not use the " consider it necessary" construction, which must be followed by the infinitive (to do ) form.
As you no doubt know, there's a long list of other verbs that can be followed directly by infinitives rather than an -ing form, e.g., agree, arrange, ask , hope, learn, etc. The verb "consider" is not in that list, and must instead be follwed by an -ing form. However, the " it is necessary +to do " pattern only takes the infinitive.
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