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

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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."
 

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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
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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

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

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

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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.
 

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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'.
 
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Why do you thumb your post down?
 

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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. ;-)
 
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