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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

To reach vs to reaching

Dear all,

When I wrote the sentence "There are some obstacles to reach his destination", my superior corrected it as "There are some obstacles to reaching his destination". I can't understand why he corrected 'to reach' as 'to reaching'. Could you please help me with this?

  

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cat navy 425 I can't understand why he corrected 'to reach' as 'to reaching'. Could you please help me with this? The quick answer is that to is a preposition here, not part of an infinitive.

— CalifJim

  • cat navy 425 I can't understand why he corrected 'to reach' as 'to reaching'.
  • Could you please help me with this?
  • The quick answer is that to is a preposition here, not part of an infinitive.
  • The -ing form is the only verb form that can be used after a preposition.
  • The pattern is obstacles to ____-ing .
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cat navy 425I can't understand why he corrected 'to reach' as 'to reaching'. Could you please help me with this?

The quick answer is that to is a preposition here, not part of an infinitive. The -ing form is the only verb form that can be used after a preposition.

The pattern is obstacles to ____-ing.

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