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For example,
His addiction TO playing poker has caused his wife great distress.
Prepositions are usually followed by nouns (on the tree, under the table, to the town),
however, they may also be followed by gerunds.
In the above examples, TO functions as a PREPOSITION and follows verbs (look forward,
admit, return),adjectives (used, dedicated, committed) and nouns (addiction, reaction).
* Gerund is formed by adding ING to the base form of a verb. Gerunds function as nouns
in a sentence:
Smoking is bad for you.
- Running is better exercise than swimming.
So, in sentences where TO is a preposition it may be followed by a verb with ING ending.