Common Error of the day

RULE – When verbs are placed after prepositions (other than ‘to’) , they should be in the gerund form (v1+ ing) except when they are used in infinitive form. 

I don’t believe in wasting time. ✔️

Let’s see some more examples

Mohit insisted on going to Mumbai. ✔️

P. V. Sindhu  was confident of winning the tournament.✔️

Note – The following phrases end in ‘to’ and are followed by ‘ing’  form of verb (gerund). 

👉Be used to, accustomed to, averse to, addicted to, look forward to, with a view to , owing to, devoted to, in addition to, object to, taken to, prone to. 

Examples

I am looking forward to meet her. ❌

I am looking forward to meeting her. ✔️

He is addicted to smoke. ❌

He is addicted to smoking. ✔️

Kareena kapoor is not accustomed to living a middle class lifestyle.✔️

I am used to wake up early morning. ❌

I am used to waking up early morning. ✔️