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Monika
Why infinitive? Hello Maybe somebody could tell me why in the sentence:"London's buses have seen passenger nubers rise(not rising) by 14%" shoul be infinitive but nog gerund?

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"London's buses have seen passenger numbers rise by 14%" uses "rise" as the action of the passenger numbers. The alternative would be to change the object of this sentence away from the number of passengers to the percent that they have risen, and continue to rise, e.g., "The percentage of passengers on London's busses is at 14% and rising."
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It's a participle phrase; infinitives and gerunds have nothing to do with that part of the sentence. Even if you use "rising", it's still not a gerund.
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Either would be ok. "Rise" is maybe used because they are talking about a longer period.

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