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Redkiddy Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

To +Verb ing

Turkey is on the road to becoming EU Member.

Can You tell me the grammatical explanation of 'to becoming' ,,

Can you give me more examples about ------to + Verbing --------

I just knew the---looking forward to + Verbing ---- form.
  

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I will only comment on the statement, 'Turkey is on the road to becoming EU Member' , because I think it is a little bit incorrect semantically. ' Maybe it's the 'road of becoming', and 'the road to being'. The name of the road is 'Becoming-a-Member Road'.

  • I will only comment on the statement, 'Turkey is on the road to becoming EU Member' , because I think it is a little bit incorrect semantically.
  • ' Maybe it's the 'road of becoming', and 'the road to being'.
  • The name of the road is 'Becoming-a-Member Road'.
  • The road leads to 'Being a Member of the EU'.
  • (I don't think this helps you otherwise.
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I will only comment on the statement, 'Turkey is on the road to becoming EU Member', because I think it is a little bit incorrect semantically.

I believe it should be written, 'Turkey is on the road to being an EU member.'

Maybe it's the 'road of becoming', and 'the road to being'. The name of the r
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The 'to' in the expression 'on the road to...' is a preposition. Therefore, it requires a noun(including a gerund) as an object. The 'road' in your example was used in a figurative sense. The word can, of course, be used to refer to a real road. In whichever sense you may use it, the road is something that leads to a certain thing or place. The 'to' in your example has the connotation of 'the road

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