In Oxfordonlineenglish.com, I found a question in grammar test online as follows,
______ spent time abroad when I was a student, I found it easier to get used to ______ in another country.
Options:
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to have, living
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having, live
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having, living
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have, live
And my answer was,
Having spent time abroad when I was a student, I found it easier to get used to live in another country.
But the correct answer given by the website was,
Having spent time abroad when I was a student, I found it easier to get used to living in another country.
I'm a little confused here, why "living" is correct and why not "live".
Best Answer
The phrase to get used to something (don't confuse it with the expression used to do something) requires a noun or anything noun-like in form such as a gerund. And such is the case with your example here. living is the gerund form of the verb to live. That's why living is the correct choice.
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