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Rather than do/doing this?

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Anonymous:
Hi. What is the structural difference?

1. rather than do this
2. rather than doing this
:
There are many cases where the present participle and the infinitive may be exchanged. Sometimes the infinitive marker "to" is dropped, sometimes not. I believe both act as nouns in this case.

I'm sure others will elaborate.
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