Rule "'afford', 'choose', 'deserve', 'pretend', 'learn', 'strive', 'want' and 'struggle' used with gerund instead of infinitive"

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Description:	'afford', 'choose', 'deserve', 'pretend', 'learn', 'strive', 'want' and 'struggle' used with gerund instead of infinitive
Message:	If '\1' is used as a verb, it usually requires the infinitive.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	We cannot afford spending the whole month in the Alps. Correction suggestion: to spend Also my name is not Tom Cruise, I can’t afford buying gems. Correction suggestion: to buy Creating a macro for the duplication is easy, but I am struggling adding the sequential numbering. Correction suggestion: to add
Correct sentences for comparison:	We cannot afford to spend the whole month in the Alps. He didn't deserve to lose his job. This book deserves preserving. Please help them choose nursing homes. I learn interesting things. There is a struggle going on in the cabinet. He chose engineering because he did not want to be an academic like his father. Recognizing that market participants are located in various geographical locations, we tried to be sensitive to that and choose meeting locations accordingly. Customers can choose billing and metering services from their ESP. Does every boy have to learn cooking in your school? Choose binding: 34 Please do the things you learned using your own skills. Machine learning using finite-state algorithms My goal is ultimately to get this working, but also learn programming at the same time. I really struggle being alone. My goals for this challenge are to stick to the program I choose including rest days and deloads and see where that puts me. If he/she called her/his chosen towing company, he/she could get the car without having to pay Sears one red cent. To enable debug logging, go to the Bitbucket Server administration area and choose Logging and Profiling. When airing films on television, channels in the UK often choose subtitling over dubbing, even if a dubbing in English exists.
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ID:	AFFORD_VBG [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)