<p>During seasons when ticks carrying Lyme diseases are most prevalent, signs could be posted to deter hikers (about their venturing) into tick-infested areas.
A) about their venturing
B) from their venturing
C) from venturing
D) by not venturing
E) not to venture</p>
<p>The answer is C but I choose E because I think it makes sense
so please explain why C is better answer</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>check out the word Deter, it means to stop. Usually the idiomatic expression for words like deter and stop (words containing confrontation) is from doing sth. </p>
<p>I think idiomatic expression is quite annoying </p>
<p>cuz it was “the opinions”, you can’t use was…</p>
<p>C. It just sounds better.</p>
<p>2) C = Parallalism.</p>
<p>For the original question … why choice (E) is incorrect consider what:</p>
<p>“deter not to venture”</p>
<p>means. To me it sounds a lot like a double negative, and I’m not sure what the writer means.</p>
<p>What if the choice were </p>
<p>“advise not to venture”</p>
<p>That’s better. But that’s not a choice.</p>
<p>In any case my sense is that you should be able to eliminate (E) simply because it reads as a double negative and the intended meaning is unclear.</p>