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What does devoted mean in this sentence?
So I'm reading a book and I came across a sentence I couldn't grasp the meaning of, which is :
#I devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking of death
About the grammar in this sentence, why is it "to thinking" and not "devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time thinking of death"?
Thank you !
2017년 4월 21일 오후 3:08
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"Devoted" needs a preposition (and it doesn't have to come immediately afterwards)
Example: "devoted time to thinking..."
Or "devoted to thinking"
2017년 4월 21일
Devoted means committed.
2017년 4월 24일
I'm not sure the actual grammatical reason, but "devoted" is almost always followed by "to" in a sentence. 99% of the time you will use "devoted to" + ___ing. Maybe 1% of the time you will use "devoted in" instead, but it's pretty uncommon.
2017년 4월 21일
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