Question

The part of the sentence underlined below may contain an error. Choose the option that replaces the underlined part with the grammatically correct choice.

I cannot avoid to go there.

• A. avoid going
• B. avoid in going
• C. avoid of going
• D. No change

Hint:

Certain verbs like 'avoid', 'enjoy' and 'finish' are always followed by the -ing form, not 'to'.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The verb 'avoid' is always followed by a gerund (the -ing form), never by a to-infinitive. So it must be 'avoid going'.

• avoid going is correct because 'avoid' takes a gerund object, giving the standard 'avoid going'.
• avoid in going is wrong because no preposition 'in' belongs after 'avoid'.
• avoid of going is wrong because 'of' is not used after 'avoid'.
• No change is wrong because 'avoid to go' incorrectly uses the infinitive.

The correct form is 'avoid going'.