 "To understand" vs "To understanding"
Hello everyone,
I seem to fail to grasp the subtleties (if any) of using the expression "to understanding" instead of "to understand" when writing technical papers. For example, in the following sentence:
"Identifying the composition of this system is thus critical to understanding the mechanisms that stabilize..." (etc., etc.)
I almost always tend to use "to understand" instead of "to understanding", and I am permanently corrected by my advisor about this. Can somebody tell me which one is the most appropriate expression and why?
Thanks a lot!
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