The 'to' in the expression 'on the road to...' is a preposition. Therefore, it requires a noun(including a gerund) as an object. The 'road' in your example was used in a figurative sense. The word can, of course, be used to refer to a real road.

Hi, Paco. Thank you for your tips. I am a bit surprised that my favorite ranks low in the list. My habitual usage has been either 'have problem -ing' or 'have a problem/problems with N (not gerund).' Other comments are welcome.

Hello. I have so far used 'have problem -ing...' But today I came across a sentence using 'have a problem -ing.' If you don't add '-ing,' you may say like "I have a problem. Could you help me out?" But if you add it as in "These days, small

My try: 1> to repeat (causative passive) -- to make (purpose) -- doing/supposed to do/going to do/expected to do (You may think of other variations) 2> goes/will go/is going/is going to go -- was

Thank you, davkett. I am squeezing one more into the already limited storage in my noggin. Limited, not because it's full of other valuables, but because it's packed with the debris of dead cells.

I knew this proverb. But it has slipped my mind over time. It means that a bad one in a group eventually spoils the whole group. All I remember are its fragments: bad, bunch, apple or bananna. Nowhere in my data could I find the whole

Hi. The other day, I heard a municipal government clerk say to me, "What I suggest you to do is ...." I don't think her statement is grammatically correct, even though it is perfectly understandable. I wonder whether the pattern is accepted

Sorry, I forgot to log in, and I put on some trimming touches. I am somehow inclined toward E (enduring). inchoate: having just started, thus new = having not lasted long enduring: having been there quite long, thus old = having lasted

It means 'nearly' or 'almost.' These adverbs imply that the thing, whatever it is, did not actually happen. "The truck all but hit him." This means he wasn't actually hit by the truck. The truck passed very close by him, almost knocking him down.

Thanks, miriam. You're right. Where do the prepositional clauses in your examples belong? Are they classed as adjective clauses or adverb clauses? My instinct tells me that they belong to adjective clauses. I hope I am right. Best regards,