Anonymous  +  221498 Mon, 01 May 06 02:14 PM aspired to become or aspired to becoming ??? Anonymous

	Grammar Geek  +  221501 Mon, 01 May 06 02:17 PM aspired to be He aspired to be a famous singer. She aspired to be a great teacher. Does that answer your question? (Aspried to become is okay, but most people don't get excited about the process, which is emphasized in become. Apsired to becoming is wrong.) Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Mister Micawber  +  221502 Mon, 01 May 06 02:17 PM Aspire to become. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,841 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Marius Hancu  +  221518 Mon, 01 May 06 02:48 PM  Grammar Geek wrote: Aspired to becoming is wrong. Searches confirm your assertion. However, look who's using the wrong version: -------- "Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thin was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming." Anthony Robbins quotes (American advisor to leaders) http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/aspired ----------- Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Grammar