Would you mind to do something??

Question

Is it correct to say "Would you mind to do something?". I've seen this usage in a few places, but it doesn't sound right to me. I would guess that it's proper to use "Would you mind doing something?" instead. Yet there are other verbs we could substitute here that make it sound correct with "to". For example, "Would you like to do something?" and "Would you care to do something?" Could someone explain why "mind to" doesn't sound correct in this context, while "like to" and "care to" sound exactly right?

Answer 1

I believe this can be attributed to the fact that would you "mind to" do something is repetitive. For example, the "normal" (as in most commonly used) construction of the phrase is "would you mind ()ing _____", as in:

"would you mind sweeping the floor?"

Which in this case, the verb in its present participle form sweep(ing), already gives the task at hand, so "mind to sweeping" is inappropriate because said subject would already know you want them to sweep. They don't need that extra "to", which interrupts the phrase unnecessarily with information that is not pivotal to understanding the task at hand.