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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| shirk (v.) |
| Shirk works like avoid: when, in its transitive use, it takes a direct object, that object will be either a noun, as in He shirks responsibility, or a gerund, as in He shirks [his] practicing, but not an infinitive with to: He shirks to practice is Nonstandard. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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