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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.
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Hi,
Based on the parallelism concept, both sides of
rather than should be the same. I guess that could be the reason why you said, "I know." Here is an example of -ing being used:
“Adding a camera to the device, rather than relying on the
magnetic tracker on the skin, the doctor …..”
That said, you might find many people mix the two infinitive and -ing forms. Many of these people would certainly have an opinion of why doing so is okay or even better. Maybe what the test was looking for is consistency.