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Onell: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 88; Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:20 am; Thanked: 1 times

by Onell » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:25 pm

Practice is the doorway to generating a good habit, because the more the employees practise an action, the more it becomes part of their subconscious behaviour.

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Why to+ ing verb? Can someone clarify? Is it an idiom ...

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by jaymw » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:08 pm

Yep, sounds idiotmatic, although I have never seen this expression on an actual GMAT question.

This phrase is very similar in meaning and structure to the construction: key to doing sth.

You would rather say:

The key to understanding complex math problems is hard work.

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The key to understand complex ...

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