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1. He didn't even bother to let me know he was coming.

2. He didn't even bother letting me know he was coming.
(Can we use both sentences? Do we put 'to-infinitive' and 'gerund' after 'bother?)

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They both mean the same thing, but the first has the better construction: "bother" + an infinitive.

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