'Ing' form

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'Ing' form

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What is correct:
In addition to bring cold, the air mass can push the jet stream.
In addition to bringing cold, the air mass can push the jet stream.

Please provide logic as well ...thanks :-D :-D
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Re: 'Ing' form

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#2.

'To' here is a simple preposition and therefore requires a gerund (bringing) as object. It is not an infinitive construction.
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