YET: STOP + VERB + ING - to stop smoking
I really need to stop smoking! (90)

To Stop


+ verb
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+ ing
PROBLEM:

If you say this:

  •  "I am going to stop to smoke."   INCORRECT

You should say:

EXAMPLES:

  1. He has to stop talking so much in our meetings.

  2. Politicians have got to stop lying.

  3. When are you going to stop smoking?

  4. I'm going to stop going to work early in the morning.

  5. I stopped smoking five years ago.