afterwards/then, allow+infinitive/gerund

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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please tell me:

  1. the difference in using: afterwards and then?

  2. when should we use:
    allow+infinitive and when: allow+gerund?

thank you very much, best regards :):slight_smile:

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Hi Saneta,

They both introduce what happens next. ‘Then’ is often used when talking of a succession’ of events or happenings. ‘Afterwards’ is most often used when you introduce something important or a completely different event.

‘Allow’ follows this pattern: allow + object + infinitive. It is not used with the gerund.

Alan

3

hi Mr Alan,
but what about sentence:
they don’t allow smoking in the auditorium.

many thanks for the whole help

4

Hi,

Good point. Thanks, Saneta.

Alan.

5

so it couldn’t be:
they don’t allow to smoke in the auditorium?
is it difficult to say why there is gerund? the difference between infinitive and gerund after allow?

thanks

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Hi, Saneta

Some verbs like permit, allow… it can be used with gerund or to-infinitive without changing the meaning.
For more information, you can refer here

grammaring.com/to-infinitive … nd-require