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Mr. Tom Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"On its way to become" vs "On its way to becoming"
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00 1- She is on her way to become a major star. 12 br1-
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00 ...but your "use" of the word "preference" forces me to ask another question. 05 0 02 br
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00 Is the first sentence also correct? Is there any difference between them?
01 cite 10 Yankee 12 cite 10 My preference would be 2, Tom. 12 br10 Many thanks, Amy 02 br
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01 cite 10 Mr. Tom 12 cite 10 Hi 12 br
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10 Could you please tell me which one of the following sentences is correct? 12 br
11 blockquote10 1- She is on her way to become a major star. 22 br
20 2- She is on her way to becoming a major star. 22 br
20 IMO, #1 is incorrect. 22 br
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Weird you asked that. I'm correcting uni papers and I automatically corrected using "to become" as wrong. Then wanting to be 100% sure I thought I'd check... so back to square one!!
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I might illustrate the difference between "on his way to do" and "on his way to doing" this way:
1. (in order) to + verb
He is on his way to meet the President. -->
He is currently traveling. After his plane lands, he is going to drive to the White House and meet with the President.
2. to + verb-ing
He is on his way to meeti
1. (in order) to + verb
He is on his way to meet the President. -->
He is currently traveling. After his plane lands, he is going to drive to the White House and meet with the President.
2. to + verb-ing
He is on his way to meeti
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Hi, could u explain it more detailedly? I do not very understand this and I still do not know why it is " becoming " instead of "become" .
I thought it was "become" because after "to" is a root word, so it is " become"
I do not doubt your answer , but I just hope u can give me a more detailed explanation as this is important to me.
I thought it was "become" because after "to" is a root word, so it is " become"
I do not doubt your answer , but I just hope u can give me a more detailed explanation as this is important to me.
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No. 2 implies being in the process of doing something now, but have not completed it yet, so a noun is needed after 'to', which would indicate the action you are doing. 'becoming' in the second statement is a gerund (i.e. a noun).
No. 1 implies that you haven't started anything of the action referred to after 'to', therefore a verb is needed after 'to' as here it is just a normal 'to+verb' phr
No. 1 implies that you haven't started anything of the action referred to after 'to', therefore a verb is needed after 'to' as here it is just a normal 'to+verb' phr
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No. 2 is really 'on his way to the state of meeting the President' (meeting being a gerund here)
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Mr. TomHiCould you please tell me which one of the following sentences is correct?1- She is on her way to become a major star.2- She is on her way to becoming a major star.2, She is on her way to becoming a minor star.
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