Gerunds

khoshtipto go to the Broadway shows.

is incorrect. "To go" should be conjugated to "going." Adding "-ing" to a verb makes a gerund.

Xilliusis incorrect. "To go" should be conjugated to "going." Adding "-ing" to a verb makes a gerund.

Are you sure?
I remember the time when MM said most of the time "to" before verbs is part of full-infinitive.

khoshtipMM said most of the time "to" before verbs is part of full-infinitive.

Yes, that is so, but you need the gerund here, not the infinitive.
Emiko, my neighbor, had a wonderful time last summer going to the Broadway shows.

In other contexts the infinitive might be needed:
Emiko, my neighbor, wanted to go to the Broadway shows.

Why the sentence needs a gerund here? There should be some reason.

khoshtip Why the sentence needs a gerund here? There should be some reason.

See if I can help you see the light.
If you were driving to visit your friend 100 miles away and you didn't really know the way. So you took along your GPS which was taking you for a tour of the town. When you finally arrived two hours later, you said to your friend " I had a toug

khoshtip Why the sentence needs a gerund here? There should be some reason.

When a word or phrase is typically followed by a certain structure, it's called a catenative relationship. It's usually verbs that form such relationships with other verbs (want to go; avoid going; get torn), but other word categories can also participate in these

Anonymousit is correct to say " It was difficult to find your address ", which is equal in meaning to " I had a difficult time finding your address".

Good example, thanks.

CalifJim"spend time" and amounts of time take an -ing form."problem", "trouble" and similar words also take an -ing form.We spent [some time / several hours / the whole day] watching television.I always have [trouble / difficulty] understanding nuclear fission.

Good part of the answer. Thanks.
PS: Honestly, I can't understand the first part. It's nicely co