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jays
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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: He's on his way to (overcome/ overcoming) his problem. |
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Are both in the prentheses of the following sentence correct?
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He's on his way to (overcome/ overcoming) his problem. |
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:18 am Post subject: Re: He's on his way to (overcome/ overcoming) his problem. |
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Are both in the prentheses of the following sentence correct?
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He's on his way to (overcome/ overcoming) his problem. |
Be on the way to something means 'to be close to doing something.' Use the -ing form (gerund) and do check your spelling. 
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