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He agrees to doing/do her work because she helped him earlier.
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I agree to go/going there.
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I agreed to leaving/leave home earlier.
In my opinion, gerunds shall be used after "to (preposition)" in the above sentences because it seems appropriate according to the rule of putting verb+ing after preposition. However, I am not sure if gerunds will be used in the above sentences because people don't say "I agree to going there". Is the usage of gerunds correct in the above sentences?
Best Answer
It's not a mortal sin, but the simple infinitive is more usual.
If you want to over-analyse a bit, when you use the gerund, you're agreeing to that action / activity “in general”, as acceptable, rather than specifically to take that action. For example:
... honestly just trying to find a good example, though I'm not keen on hunting :o)