to doing

[julianna]

hi, would you teachers like to tell me whether it's true to use this form in English? 'to doing something'?
thanks !!

 

[Barb_D]

Hi julianna,

(I love your name, by the way. It was on the short list of names we considered for our daughter.)

You can have "to do" or "doing" but I can't think of anything that works with "to doing."

 

[euncu]

You can have "to do" or "doing" but I can't think of anything that works with "to doing."

What about this?;

be used to doing something

 

[Barb_D]

Sure, that works.

But that pairs "used to" together, and the "to" is not an infinitive marker for the "doing." I was thinking solely of the to-as-infinite.

 

[Mzungu39]

When 'to' is a part of the verb/infinitive , it can't be followed by -ing, when 'to' is a preposition it should be followed by -ing form (=gerund) or a noun.
Another such example: I look forward to hearing from you.

 

[julianna]

hey Barb !! you can add this name to the list of your daughter , my real name is "Hadjer", and Julianna "is my surname !!

 

[mmasny]

Hello julianna!
One more to your list:
Don't confine yourself to doing sth. only!

 

[julianna]

who said that i do so?? lol !! thanks ..

 

[diver]

Don't confine yourself to doing sth. only!

Would you explain, why there needed 'to'?
Thanks.

 

[mmasny]

Would you explain, why there needed 'to'?
Thanks.

This is because you can confine something to something.
From a dictionary:
The sick child was confined to bed.

 

[diver]

Thank you mmasny. Though I think it is connected not only with the word 'confine' because the combination 'yourself to doing' is far more frequent in google than the same without 'to'.

 

[mmasny]

Why do you thumb your post down?

 

[diver]

Why do you thumb your post down?

I don't know why it appeared. I did't put it intend. I'm sorry.

 

[Tdol]

The icons are just above the buttons to save in the editor, so you probably clicked on it by accident when trying to post. I have removed it. ;-)