Question

Choose the most appropriate option from those given as an improvement for the underlined part of the given sentence: Fashion designers should avoid to make outlandish dresses and designs.

• A. avoid making
• B. avoid to have made
• C. avoiding to make
• D. must avoid for making

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Concept:

• Certain verbs in English are always followed by the gerund (-ing form), never by the 'to + infinitive' form.
• 'Avoid' is one such verb: correct usage is 'avoid doing something', not 'avoid to do something'.
• Other verbs following the same rule include enjoy, finish, suggest, consider, and mind.

Step 1: Locate the grammar error.
The sentence uses 'avoid to make', which puts 'avoid' before a to-infinitive.

Step 2: Apply the rule for 'avoid'.
Since 'avoid' must be followed by a gerund, 'to make' should become 'making'.

Step 3: Check the other options against this rule.
'avoid to have made' still keeps the wrong to-infinitive pattern.
'avoiding to make' turns avoid into a gerund itself, which breaks the sentence since a plain verb is needed after 'should'.
'must avoid for making' adds an unnecessary 'for' and changes the meaning of the sentence.

Final Answer: avoid making