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Originally Posted by Casiopea  engee30, to establishing does indeed work here--at least in my dialect.  ... teachers should be given enough room towards establishing a collaborative mechanism ...
... teachers should be given enough room to establishing a collaborative mechanism ...
But given that to is ambiguous in that position; i.e., to(wards); (in order) to, a good writer would have spelt/spelled out the word towards. |
That's true. Let me show another two sentences that are similar, yet different to each other, with a little change in meaning (the change that you provided, Casiopea, I guess):
Two-way trade with foreign nations is the only really practical way to (= in order to) achieve peace on this earth. Nixon is well on the way to (= towards) achieving a historic reconstruction of the postal service. Quote:
Originally Posted by Casiopea In sum, the particle lead infinitive to establish has my vote.  |
I opt for the same.