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Six steps to overhauling(/ to overhaul) your website. ---which is correct?
which of the below sentence is correct?
Six steps to overhauling your website.
Six steps to overhaul your website.
after the 'to', should it use the 'be-ing' or 'be'?
Six steps to overhauling your website.
Six steps to overhaul your website.
after the 'to', should it use the 'be-ing' or 'be'?
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It's actually "Six steps to overhauling your website"!
It's not common to use the gerund (-ing) form after the preposition 'to", but it works here because "overhauling your website" functions as a single topic, thanks to the gerund form. Compare this with:
Six steps to [success]. Six steps to [failure]. Six steps to [understanding what I mean].
If you're not sure, try searching your example phrases online. ;)
This is not a simple rule to understand, because you need to be sure of exactly what you mean by "to", so keep practising.
It's not common to use the gerund (-ing) form after the preposition 'to", but it works here because "overhauling your website" functions as a single topic, thanks to the gerund form. Compare this with:
Six steps to [success]. Six steps to [failure]. Six steps to [understanding what I mean].
If you're not sure, try searching your example phrases online. ;)
This is not a simple rule to understand, because you need to be sure of exactly what you mean by "to", so keep practising.
"to overhaul" is correct, always use the simple form of the verb (without ing, ed, etc.) after "to"
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