AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -We use the to-infinitive after stop to indicate that someone stops doing something in order to do something else: On the way to Edinburgh, we stopped to look at an old castle.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is mostly used to denote when something is hypothetical or counterfactual. I recommend using stop if you wish to urge people to actually stop something, but stopped if the situation is ‘kinda maybe something they could sorta do’.

Detailed explanation-3: -stop. Stop +-ing means the action is not happening any more. I’ve stopped buying the newspaper because now I read the news online. Stop + to + infinitive means that someone or something stops an activity so that they can do something else.