I enjoy to meet my friends and grab lunch together.
I know that the phrase above is incorrect, that it should be:
I enjoy meeting my friends and grab lunch together.
But I don't understand why we use gerund form of a verb when we're talking about and activity that will continue to go on.
Can you please tell me why?
“Enjoy” and “like” have similar meaning here.
However, unlike the word “like” the word “enjoy” cannot be used with “to” followed by an infinitive.
I like to meet my friends and grab lunch together
This is a valid use of like +to.
When you aren’t using “to” then the thing you like is a direct object which means it is a noun or pronoun. That is why the gerund is used.
I like meeting my friends and grabbing lunch together.
Since “enjoy” cannot be used with “to” we use a gerund to describe the activity as an object.
I enjoy meeting my friends and grabbing lunch together.
