To Get is the normal form and would be best for everyday use. However book titles are allowed artistic license. Regarding the to Getting forms, I would think of it this way: 1) The Essential Guide to (doing something) + (which is) Getting Your Book Published and 2) The Guide to (doing something) + (which is) Getting it On In these examples each phrase can stand on its own, but you have follow ...
In your exact context, the real underlying implication is probably more don't go too fast for your dating partner rather than ...for yourself, but that's just a quirk of the exact context. Normally, getting ahead of yourself doesn't imply being precipitate / over-hasty from the perspective of others.
From that point things started to get complicated. From that point things started getting complicated. From that point things started to getting complicated. Which of these sentences would be corr...
"started to get", "started getting" or "started to getting" - which is ...
So, I like getting/ to get to the station in plenty of time. In grammar in use book, the bold part has been considered as correct answer. I am wondering why. What is more, would you show me a more detailed explanation or another synonym for the following?-- I have some problem with especially using the preposition in along with plenty of time.
The phrasing of "getting worse and worse" could mean the exact same thing, but is a bit more vague in the time frame of the worsening - it could be a slow decline over the course of months or years, a day-by-day progression, or something even faster.
- Getting messed up = refers to becoming whatever the condition is (in a bad situation) to get messed up or getting messed up=slang that means to be drunk, drugged or having some sort of problem about something. Getting messed up is something I try to avoid. [getting messed up=subject of the sentence. See being messed up below for more grammar.] Here, the verb get means become. Become is ...
I am messing up when I go to use get and being or getting or being