advise+gerund/infinitive

Humble   Mon May 05, 2008 4:15 am GMT
Hi,
Over and over again we pester native speakers with the “gerund or infinitive” question.
I hope you have enough patience left to answer – which pattern do you use and hear more?
1. Do you advise reading this story?
2. Do you advise to read this story?
3. He advised me waiting a little.
4. He advised me to wait a little.

Thanks.
Skippy   Mon May 05, 2008 4:19 am GMT
lol this may be confusing... Only 1 and 4 work. I can't think of a hard and fast rule, but the syntax is slightly different:

1: [do you advise] [reading this story]

4: [he advised me] [to wait a little]

The first one has a direct object following the gerund while the second one only has an adverb following the infinitive.

Sorry that's not very helpful... That's the best I could come up with.
Guest   Mon May 05, 2008 4:25 am GMT
Is this allowed:

Do you advise that I read this story?
meez   Mon May 05, 2008 9:16 am GMT
yes
Skippy   Mon May 05, 2008 1:43 pm GMT
I would prefer the wording "Would you advise me to read this story?"
Humble   Thu May 08, 2008 7:31 am GMT
So, #2 and #3 are wrong?