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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

how can you tell

how can you tell when to use an infinitive or a prepositional phrses containing gerund as noun (to achieving; to becoming)?
  

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If 'to' is a preposition , it can be followed by a noun or a pronoun . If it's part of an infinitive , a particle as Scandinavian grammarians would call it in that capacity, it can only be followed by a verb. Examples: I am used to getting up early.

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  • If 'to' is a preposition , it can be followed by a noun or a pronoun .
  • If it's part of an infinitive , a particle as Scandinavian grammarians would call it in that capacity, it can only be followed by a verb.
  • Examples: I am used to getting up early.
  • I am used to him .
  • I am used to setbacks .
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If 'to' is a preposition, it can be followed by a noun or a pronoun. If it's part of an infinitive, a particle as Scandinavian grammarians would call it in that capacity, it can only be followed by a verb. Examples:

I am used
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