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TOEIC Q/ infinitives

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Lcchang  #541753  Tue, 15 Jul 08 09:03 AM
After I had advised her (A) to make her plan and (B) invest, she delayed (C) buying and considered (D) to quit the market altogether.

I chose (D) to be corrected to quitting. But I also wonder if there should be an infinitive "to" before "invest", so it's like "to invest". Please advise.
  
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Mister Micawber  #541766  Tue, 15 Jul 08 10:48 AM
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It is optional here.  Style suggests omitting it, since it is unnecessary for the parallelism.
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Lcchang  #542287  Wed, 16 Jul 08 10:16 AM
So it can be with or without "to". I got it, thanks.
  
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