Otto Jespersen 较早在其A Modern English Grammar on Historical
Principles
—Part 5.Syntax(4th Volume) (1954, London, Copenhagen) (版本2) P192-193认可dislike可以后接动词不定式作宾语：
To-infinitive
as Object
13.12
dislike: he dislikes to be in a hurry.
然而A. S. Hornby在其Guide to
Patterns and Usage in English (Second Edition) (Fifth Impression 1980) P42上明确表示：……Their opposites, dislike and
discontinue, are used only in VP6D. That horse
dislikes wearing blinkers. (* That horse dislikes to wear blinkers)（笔者注：查阅该书前面可知，标注*指what follows
is unacceptable usage.另外，VP6D在该书中指“In this pattern the verbs are used with
a gerund.”）
尽管A.
S. Hornby明确反对“dislike可以后跟动词不定式作宾语”，但是很多英语语法著作或词典却认可“dislike可以后跟动词不定式作宾语”，例如：
