- This question is one of the English Test Sample Questions on 3rd Edition of the Official Guide. It goes like this: 35. The court agreed with Kevin that a person's right [for wearing] clothing of his or her own choosing is, in fact, protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. [for wearing] is underlined and there are four options: A. No Change B. of wearing C. to wear D. wearing A and C both sound right. But which one should actually be correct? Can you give out a reason why?
“right …r” has to be infinitive, so “right to wear”
i am certain that C is correct. can you check?
Yeah, I checked and the right answer is C.
But why is it correct?
@axlethetraveller - it’s an idiom. “Right + infinitive” is the correct collocation and “right of -ing” is non-idiomatic. It resembles constructions like “capable of -ing” (not “capable + infinitive”–compare with “able + infinitive,” which is correct, and “able of -ing,” which is not).
@marvin100 Thanks!