"Key to getting" vs "Key to get"

[Tom]

Hi

I asked this question somewhere else but never received the answer.

[Conchita]

After 'the key to' you need a gerund or a noun, since 'key' here means 'solution' or 'clue'.

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

If you used the word 'to' (i.e. 'key to get'), then the word 'to' would mean 'in order to':

We need a key (in order) to get into the room.
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[storm]

Like I used sometimes;
1. right to education.
2. right to training.

1. right to study.
2. right to have the access to this room.
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