Stenka25 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"rather than" problem
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There was a test.
It was like the below.
Most patients would prefer to prevent infection rather than (have/ having) to deal with its results.
And the ANSWER is 'have.'
I know 'have' is much better than 'having' because of 'prefer to prevent,' but I don't know why 'having' must not be an answer.
Can you tell my WHY?
In Longman dictionary,
rather than : instead of
• Rather than go straight on to university why not get some work experience first?
• Bryson decided to quit rather than accept the new rules.
There was a test.
It was like the below.
Most patients would prefer to prevent infection rather than (have/ having) to deal with its results.
And the ANSWER is 'have.'
I know 'have' is much better than 'having' because of 'prefer to prevent,' but I don't know why 'having' must not be an answer.
Can you tell my WHY?
In Longman dictionary,
rather than : instead of
• Rather than go straight on to university why not get some work experience first?
• Bryson decided to quit rather than accept the new rules.
Top answer
Stenka25 There was a test. It was like the below. Most patients would prefer to prevent infection rather than (have/ having) to deal with its results.
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Stenka25
There was a test.
It was like the below.
Most patients would prefer to prevent infection rather than (have/ having) to deal with its results.
And the ANSWER is 'have.'
I know 'have' is much better than 'having' because of 'prefer to prevent,' but I don't know why 'having' must not be an answer.
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