UPDATED: I do really appreciate your explanations and taking time. Nevertheless, none of them isn't my answer. I, again, try to explain my specific question:
As I have already surfed the Internet and some dictionaries, I have realized the fact that, for instance the bold part, either ing form of a verb or an infinitive with to could appear after cannot. So, I am wondering the other same rules for italic parts.
cannot tolerate
cannot resist
cannot help
cannot bear and cannot stand both of them need either ing form or infinitive with to
cannot avoid
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Best Answer
The verb which follows a modal verb (can/could, may/might, must, shall/should, will/would) in a verb group is always a ‘bare’ infinitive—that is, an infinitive which is not ‘marked’ with to. (The presence of not or an adverb does not affect this rule.) Marked infinitives and partiples cannot occur in this position.
However, modal verbs can combine with progressive, perfect and passive constructions. When that is the case, it is only the first auxiliary after the modal which is cast in the infinitive. Subsequent auxiliaries and the main or ‘lexical’ verb take the form required by the construction. (But none of these constructions takes a marked infinitive).