Complete the sentence: The university president objected to ______ the academic colloquium without consulting the faculty senate.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. canceling
- Step 1: Identify prepositional verb: 'object to' terminates in the preposition 'to' (not an infinitive marker).
- Step 2: Apply preposition complement rule: Prepositions require gerunds (-ing forms).
- Step 3: Select 'canceling'.
Answer
canceling.
Why not the others: 'cancel' is bare infinitive; 'canceled' is past tense; 'to cancel' incorrectly duplicates the preposition 'to'.
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