be committed to do/doing

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Also, in this book, the following rule is given:
Attempt, intend, continue, can’t bear, be accustomed to, be committed to
After these words and expressions we can generally use either an -ing form
or an infinitive without much difference of meaning.

I intend telling/ to tell her what I think.
I’m not accustomed to giving/give personal information about myself to strangers.

Everyone agrees with the above-mentioned rule except for “be committed to do”.
Once, my teacher concerning “be accustomed to doing/do” said that “be accustomed to do” is slightly old-fashioned equivalent of “be accustomed to doing”.

But, as to “ be committed to do”….

What is your opinion on this problem?

I need a professional thougt.

                      Many thanks...
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“be committed to” + infinitive does not sound very good to me. I would use the -ing form.

3

Hi Dozy,

Is it ok with you to use the infinitive form with “to be accustomed to”? (the asker asserts it’s ok, but I read somewhere that it ain’t)

Thanks!

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It sounds inferior to my ear. However, I see the OP’s teacher says it’s an older form. The graph at books.google.com/ngrams/graph?co … moothing=3 seems to partly bear this out, though it shows the two almost equally common in modern times. Other verbs that I have tried show broadly similar results.

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That’s an awesome graph!
I didn’t know Google had this facility. Very helpful, thanks.