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12 Φεβ 2008 · The answer is retiring. The verb consider is not used with a following infinitive. To anticipate your next question, let me say that there is no rule to tell you whether the infinitive is used or not.
TLDR: It seems that only your first version, "I am considering going", could possibly be grammatical for today's standard English. (That is, the second version, "I am considering to go", is ungrammatical -- due to the use of the 'to'-infinitival "to go" as the post-head complement of the verb "considering" .)
1.) v1 + to v2: in case action-1 happens before action-2. 2.) v1 + v2ing: in case action-1 happens at the same time with action-2 or after action-2. So I think that we should use the verb "consider" with a "to verb". For example: "I consider to compete with him.", "I consider to become a singer.".
23 Αυγ 2011 · This blog post explains that there are a few cases where you use to + V + -ing: 1) If the to is part of a phrasal verb or verb + preposition combination: A phrasal verb is something like "look forward to", "confess to", etc.
When they are used with -ing, these verbs emphasise the action or event in progress. When they are used with an infinitive without to, they emphasise the action or event seen as a whole, or as completed.
27 Μαΐ 2011 · Yes, this sentence is correct. Usually verbs following "consider" do change to the gerund, but "to be" is one of the few that can be used in both the gerund and the infinitive, depending on the sentence.
Many verbs are followed by another verb in the infinitive with 'to', or in the -ing form. Learn the most common of these verbs and do our three tests. A1 English grammar.
