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Ben9108 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

How to identify “TO” as infinitive or preposition?

I would like to seek someone for solving the below grammar issue.

In the below sentence, whether “to” act as a preposition and “providing” is a gerund form.

How to identify “TO” as infinitive or preposition?

Sentence:-
"Established in 1930, ABC is a professional facilities management company with around 500 employees, committed to providing comprehensive quality services to our clients."
  

Top answer

"to + verb-ing" is not a valid infinitive construction, so this "to" must be a preposition. com/the-forms-of-the-infinitive

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  • "to + verb-ing" is not a valid infinitive construction, so this "to" must be a preposition.
  • com/the-forms-of-the-infinitive
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"to + verb-ing" is not a valid infinitive construction, so this "to" must be a preposition.

The link below explains the various types of infinitive:

http://www.grammaring.com/the-forms-of-the-infinitive
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Thanks for your replying.

Is the below revised sentence correct?

"Established in 1930, ABC is a professional facilities management company with around 500 employees, committed to provide comprehensive quality services to our clients."
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Ben9108"Established in 1930, ABC is a professional facilities management company with around 500 employees, committed to provide comprehensive quality services to our clients."
I don't like it. I would use "providing".
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