Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
Posts: 1767
Location: So. Cal
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 Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: Re: commitment to ~ |
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| b7lake wrote: |
(1) His appointment reflects our commitment to developing the region into an internationally competitive industrial park.
(2) The minister noted their commitment to solve the issue through dialogue and negotiations is valid.
I saw these sentences in the newspaper.
I was wondering if both were correct.
Are both 'using a gerund after to' and 'using a verb's original form after to'
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Yes, both are correct. The tense of "developing" implies an on-going process. Grammatically, "commitment" is a direct object, "to" is a preposition in an adjective prepositional phrase, "developing" is a gerund object of the preposition.
The tense of "solve" implies a future action that has not yet started. Grammatically, it is a bare infinitive object of the preposition.
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