5c - Reporting verbs

 Structures often reporting verbs
  1 - Jude offered to drive me to the airport.
       I promisse not to tell anybody.
  2 - The doctor advised me to have a rest.
       I persuaded my sister not to go out with George.
  3 - I apologized for being so late.
       The police accused Karl of stealing the car.
  PS. to report what other people have said you can use say or a specific verb, e.g I`ll drive you to the airport.`
       Jude said he would drive me to the airport.
       Jude offered to drive me to the airport.

After specific reporting verbs, there are three different grammatical patterns.
     1 >  + to + infitive > agree, offer, refuse, promise, threaten (not to do something) 
      2 > + person + to + infinitive > advise, ask, convince, encourage, invite, persuade, remind, tell, warn. (somebody (not) to do something)
      3 > + -ing form > apologize for, accuse sb of, admit, blame sb for, deny, insist on, recommed, regret, suggest


- In negative senteces, use the negative infinitive (not to be) or the negative gerund (not being), e.g. He reminded me not to be late. She regretted not going to the party.