Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
He had to brake suddenly to avoiding hitting the deer.
Option 1: no improvement
Option 2: avoided hitting
Option 3: avoided hits
Option 4: avoid hitting
Correct Answer: avoid hitting
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation : The underlined part to avoiding hitting contains a grammatical error. After the modal verb had to , the base form of the verb should be used. In this case, the correct form is to avoid hitting . The base form avoid follows the structure had to more appropriately than the -ing form avoiding .
So, the correct sentence would be: "He had to brake suddenly to avoid hitting the deer."
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