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The business hoped to devote most of its fund to ______ for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

Should the answer be "pay" or "paying"? Why and, what difference would it make (if any)?

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The business hoped to devote most of its fund to ______ for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

Should the answer be "pay" or "paying"? Why and, what difference would it make (if any)?

grammar usage word-difference

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The business hoped to devote most of its fund to ______ for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

Should the answer be "pay" or "paying"? Why and, what difference would it make (if any)?

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"to" is a preposition there, so a gerund is required.

The correct sentence is:

• The business hoped to devote most of its fund to paying for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

You devote money, time, effort, etc. to something, and that something needs to be a noun. If it is a verb, its nominal variant (i.e. a gerund) will be required.

Here you can find more examples.

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What follows to should be a noun (or verb acting as a noun), making this the correct version of your sentence:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to paying for new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

Note that I used the plural funds on the assumption that you're talking about budget or money rather than an actual fund. I also added a comma after ads.

---

Having said that, I would dispense with to paying for altogether. It's redundant.

A shorter and still understandable sentence is simply:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

---

On the other hand, you can rephrase the original sentence so pay can be used rather than paying. To do this, you would remove devote and rearrange things a bit:

The business hoped to pay for new television ads with most of its funds, since it wanted more coverage.

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"to" is a preposition there, so a gerund is required.

The correct sentence is:

• The business hoped to devote most of its fund to paying for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

You devote money, time, effort, etc. to something, and that something needs to be a noun. If it is a verb, its nominal variant (i.e. a gerund) will be required.

Here you can find more examples.

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"to" is a preposition there, so a gerund is required.

The correct sentence is:

• The business hoped to devote most of its fund to paying for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

You devote money, time, effort, etc. to something, and that something needs to be a noun. If it is a verb, its nominal variant (i.e. a gerund) will be required.

Here you can find more examples.

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"to" is a preposition there, so a gerund is required.

The correct sentence is:

• The business hoped to devote most of its fund to paying for new television ads since it wanted more coverage.

You devote money, time, effort, etc. to something, and that something needs to be a noun. If it is a verb, its nominal variant (i.e. a gerund) will be required.

Here you can find more examples.

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What follows to should be a noun (or verb acting as a noun), making this the correct version of your sentence:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to paying for new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

Note that I used the plural funds on the assumption that you're talking about budget or money rather than an actual fund. I also added a comma after ads.

---

Having said that, I would dispense with to paying for altogether. It's redundant.

A shorter and still understandable sentence is simply:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

---

On the other hand, you can rephrase the original sentence so pay can be used rather than paying. To do this, you would remove devote and rearrange things a bit:

The business hoped to pay for new television ads with most of its funds, since it wanted more coverage.

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What follows to should be a noun (or verb acting as a noun), making this the correct version of your sentence:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to paying for new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

Note that I used the plural funds on the assumption that you're talking about budget or money rather than an actual fund. I also added a comma after ads.

---

Having said that, I would dispense with to paying for altogether. It's redundant.

A shorter and still understandable sentence is simply:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

---

On the other hand, you can rephrase the original sentence so pay can be used rather than paying. To do this, you would remove devote and rearrange things a bit:

The business hoped to pay for new television ads with most of its funds, since it wanted more coverage.

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

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What follows to should be a noun (or verb acting as a noun), making this the correct version of your sentence:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to paying for new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

Note that I used the plural funds on the assumption that you're talking about budget or money rather than an actual fund. I also added a comma after ads.

---

Having said that, I would dispense with to paying for altogether. It's redundant.

A shorter and still understandable sentence is simply:

The business hoped to devote most of its funds to new television ads, since it wanted more coverage.

---

On the other hand, you can rephrase the original sentence so pay can be used rather than paying. To do this, you would remove devote and rearrange things a bit:

The business hoped to pay for new television ads with most of its funds, since it wanted more coverage.

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

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answered 3 hours ago

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

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answered 3 hours ago

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

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answered 3 hours ago

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

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