Questão 3167340

During an advanced English class, a student asks about the difference between these two sentences: (1)“The teacher stopped talking to the students” and (2)“The teacher stopped to talk to the students”. The trainee teachers give different interpretations, and you must clarify the semantic aspects involved.

As a senior English teacher, you are guiding trainee teachers to analyze semantic nuances in classroom communication, consider the situation above and judge the following items, according to English semantics.

The semantic distinction between (1) and (2) arises from aspectual complementation (gerund vs. infinitive).