Oceanlike
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2014
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Singapore
- Current Location
- Singapore
It's the same old topic....so sorry! I'm thinking about the difference between the following sentences:
1a) I am open to meet new people and make new friends.
1b) I am open to meeting new people and making new friends.
(1a) - Is this sentence incorrect because gerunds are not used?
(1b) - ....open to meeting new people and making new friends. I understand that gerunds function as nouns. However, I am having difficulty in understanding how the 'to' before meeting is a preposition; how meeting is a noun.
So sorry that it's about gerunds again....
Thank you for your patience. I want to master this. Thank you for teaching me further on it.
1a) I am open to meet new people and make new friends.
1b) I am open to meeting new people and making new friends.
(1a) - Is this sentence incorrect because gerunds are not used?
(1b) - ....open to meeting new people and making new friends. I understand that gerunds function as nouns. However, I am having difficulty in understanding how the 'to' before meeting is a preposition; how meeting is a noun.
So sorry that it's about gerunds again....
Thank you for your patience. I want to master this. Thank you for teaching me further on it.