Avoid To/-Ing?

No. Those aren't structures with 'avoid' and an infinitive (as a single structure). The only structure that combines 'avoid' with what is ... Login TeachersStudentsForumsNewsBlogCommonLinks AvoidTo/-Ing?ForumsGrammar&SentenceStructure 0 111,405+0 Does"avoid"get"toinfinitiveor-ingstructure?Ifso,please,illustrateit.Thanksinadvance.Nov09200621:18:43JetLi   answer Comments  Ibelieve'to'neverfollows'avoid'.Examples:'IavoidgoingtothedoctoranddentistbecauseI'mscaredofneedles.''Hehasabadtemper.It'sbettertoavoidmakinghimangry.'Nov09200621:44:39Widget addacomment But,Ingoogle.com,therearealotofstructuresincludingavoidtoinfinitive.Aretheusagesingoogletrue?AretheusagestobemadeupbyNativespeakers?Nov09200622:41:45JetLi addacomment Teachers:WesupplyalistofEFLjobvacanciesHi,ItookaquicklookviaGoogle.SomehitsarejustincorrectEnglish.Othersareoftheform:WhatfishshouldIavoidtohelptheenvironment?This,ofcourse,iscorrectEnglish,inwhich'to'means'inorderto'.DidyoudoacarefulsearchtoavoidthiskindofcorrectEnglish?Bestwishes,CliveNov09200623:07:30Clive addacomment Actually,basedonEnglishVerbHandbook,Berlitz(0-5210607296-2),page50,Avoidisalwaysfollowedbyagerund.Theotherverbswhichareinthisgroup:Admit(confess),appreciate(beinggrateful),avoid(refuse),complete(finishsth),consider,delay,denyignore),discuss,dislike,enjoy,escape,finish,image,mind=dislike,practice,recall,recommend,suggest,understand.May11201317:39:40anonymous addacomment JetLiBut,Ingoogle.com,therearealotofstructuresincludingavoidtoinfinitive.No.Thosearen'tstructureswith'avoid'andaninfinitive(asasinglestructure).Theonlystructurethatcombines'avoid'withwhatistobeavoidedis'avoid'plusthe-ingform.'avoid'goeswiththewordsbefore,andtheinfinitivegoeswiththewordsafter.Thewordsafterdon'tdescribewhatshouldbeavoided.[Whatshouldweavoid][tomakesurethatwedon'tlosemoneyinthestockmarket]?Thisisnotaboutavoidingmakingsure.Youwanttomakesure,notavoidit.It'saboutavoiding(something)inordertomakesure,thatis,forthepurposeofmakingsure.CJMay11201319:00:45CalifJim addacomment Students:Wehavefreeaudiopronunciationexercises.Great!Totallyagreewithyou.Nov06201405:53:35anonymous addacomment InfinitiveDec11201708:25:03anonymous addacomment AnswerthisQuestion  AskaQuestion GuidesHowtoachievenativeenglishfluency10waysimprovelearningenglishTop10learnenglishapps2020guideLearnenglishasasecondlanguageHowtostudyenglishgrammar12ways