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prone to... prone to gain weight or prone to gaining weight?
Mar 28, 2015 2:19 PM
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You'd say 'gaining' here because the the word 'to' is part of the phrase 'to be prone to'. In this sentence, 'to' is a regular preposition, so it has to take a gerund form (..ing). This is different from a sentence such as 'I'd like to gain weight' in which 'to' is part of the infinitive.
March 28, 2015
He is prone to gaining weight.
March 28, 2015
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