Dedicated has shrugged off a lot of this, in many contexts, and is comfortably used with reference to something that is set aside or reserved for a particular purpose. It is commonly used in some of the most prosaic contexts - dedicated printers, dedicated communications facilities, and so on.
My wife is a dedicated/devoted mother. I presume both dedicated and devoted fit here, but I could never tell the different meanings between them. Are they really different? Thanks.
In this case it is "dedicated to helping" because "to" is part of the phrasal verb "dedicated to". That's not how I'd explain it, as "dedicated" is functioning adjectivally in this sentence. The reason it's "helping" is that "to" is a preposition here, and as such requires an object that is a noun or a pronoun.
Which one is grammatically correct: (a) You are so dedicated to work (b) You are so dedicated to your work Thanks
The difference is very slight. "Devoted" tends to be used when a conscious choice is made to do A rather than B: After failing as a playwright, he devoted his remaining years to poetry. "Dedicated" often simply indicates the depth of one's committment: We are dedicated to providing cheaper flanges. In your example either word would be suitable.
Dedicated to maintain can be interpreted as a contraction of dedicated in order to maintain, while dedicated to maintaining has only one interpretation.
subject: country verb: is dedicated prepositional phrase modifying dedicated: to the pursuit prepositional phrase modifying pursuit: of world peace ....You have me really thinking mimi. #1 sounds like it needs an object whereas #2 is passive--and does not--but, then again, there are sentences where is/am dedicating seems normal. Example: