Niveau B2
Empêcher / Éviter : PREVENT ou AVOID ?
Piège #89 – Empêcher vs éviter
La règle
PREVENT
Empêcher (qqn de faire qqch)
- Prevent sb from + -ing (Empêcher qqn de)
AVOID
Éviter (de faire qqch)
- Avoid + -ing (Éviter de faire)
Attention : "Prevent to" est incorrect → "Prevent FROM + -ing". "Avoid to" est incorrect → "Avoid + -ing".
Exercices pratiques
1. We must ___ making the same mistake.
2. The rain ___ us from going out.
3. Try to ___ eating too much sugar.
4. Nothing can ___ him from leaving.
5. She ___ talking about politics.
6. Vaccines ___ diseases.
7. I always ___ crowded places.
8. The fence ___ people from entering.