Usage of "vital to"
I found the following sentence on one of a videos that I've watched. The thing that I cannot understand is the whey they use present continuous verb form after "to". Furthermore, I couldn't find a phrasal verb such as "vital to". In addition, the video is published by The Economist magazine. Therefore, I don't think this is a mistake. Hence, I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know what is the reason for this usage.
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dileepa I found the following sentence on one of a the videos that I've watched. The thing that I cannot understand is the whey why they use the present continuous verb form after "to". It's not a case of "present continuous".
- dileepa I found the following sentence on one of a the videos that I've watched.
- The thing that I cannot understand is the whey why they use the present continuous verb form after "to".
- It's not a case of "present continuous".
- That's only possible when the auxiliary verb be ( am, is, are ) occurs before it.
- Without the auxiliary verb we just call it an "-ing form".
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dileepaI found the following sentence on one ofathe videos that I've watched. The thing that I cannot understand is thewheywhy they use the present continuous verb form after "to".
It's not a case of "present continuous". Th
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