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Ambarish Gupta

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· 1 Months ago

afraid with 'TO' (Question: 257470.5 )

i have never seen the use of afraid with 'to' instead afraid with 'of'

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Directions: A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose ‘No improvement’ option.

Deepak silently tolerated his boss’s behaviour since he had fear to lose his job.

Options:
A)

was fearful of

B)

was feared to

C)

was afraid to

D)

No correction required

Solution:

Ans: (c) To express the emotion of fear we have the word ‘afraid’. This word has been used only in option (c). 

Deepesh

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· 1 Months ago

We use afraid to do, for things we do intentionally; we can choose to do them or not; because it is dangerous or the result could be bad.
I am afraid of something happening = it is possible that something bad will happen (for example, an accident). We do not use afraid of -ing for things we do intentionally.
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