《朗文英语正误词典》(安徽科技出版社，p.5；朗文出版公司、上海译文出版社，p.5)提出了下列正误例句：
“× Where I come from, we are not accustomed to see so many things in the shops.
√ Where I come from, we are not accustomed to seeing so many things in the shops.
我从那里来。那里商店里商品琳琅满目，使我们眼花缭乱。”
并说明 be accustomed 只能后接 v-ing。但是我在《韦氏辞典》中却查到了这样的例子：accustomed to paint their faces before battle 打仗前习惯于画花脸
对此我感到迷惑不解。
实际上, be accustomed 除了常常接 to + 名词(或动名词)之外, 有时还可以接带 to 的不定式。关于这一点, CGEL 曾作过清楚而肯定的说明:
“Unlike accustomed, however, used does not occur with a following infinitive.” (p. 1222)
(“但是,跟 accustomed 不同,used 后面不能接不定式”)。并在 p.1222 上举出了下面的例句:
We are accustomed to take tea on the terrace. [formal] 我们习惯于在凉台上喝茶。[正式用法]
在其他著作中也可以找到这种用法：
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Mrs. Babbitt was not accustomed to leave home during the winter. (Lewis). 巴比特夫人不习惯冬天出门。
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She belongs to that class of people who are accustomed to have their own way. (Sinclair) 她属于习惯于走自己路的那个阶层。
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Mrs. Duer was accustomed to sneer at carelessness. (Lewis) 杜尔太太惯于嘲笑粗心大意。
(参见 be used to, used to do/be used to)