than do it vs than doing it

The correct phrase is "than doing it." The use of the gerund form (doing) is appropriate after the comparative conjunction "than."

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than do it

This phrase is incorrect. The verb form "do" is not suitable after the comparative conjunction "than."

The correct form is "than doing it." Use the gerund form (doing) after the comparative conjunction "than" to show the action that is being compared.

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I would rather die than do it.
But when I come back, I can understand why I shall not do it, because today to not do it, it's more positive than do it, or how I shall do it.
People way dumber than us do it every day.
So what better way than to do it with...
I said you need someone better than me to do it.
He was more than happy to do it.
If cases of the disease are found, the health authority should have other things to do than protect its country's business and tourism.
You know better than I do that it is for the Commission to decide to invoke Rule 37.
I've got a friend at Robert Wood Johnson who'd be more than happy to do it.
Well, since, objectively, you care more about leaving a child alone than I do, it kind of is.
You know more about the car than I do, it's yours.
No better place to do it than Nowhere, Louisiana.
I see lots of answers. This is much faster than I do it at universities.
It was just easier not to do it... than to do it.
And what better way to start over than to do it like when we were dating?
In this context, may I also say to Brian Simpson that it is better to do nothing than to do it wrong, as I am sure his party will find to its cost in the next few weeks.
There's no better place to do it than nowhere Louisiana.
Personally, I'd rather you do it than them.
I figured it was better to do it than end up on his hate list.
Evidently, Eleanor knows better than to try to do it herself.

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than doing it

than doing it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. The gerund form (doing) is appropriate after the comparative conjunction "than."

Use "than doing it" to compare actions or situations, indicating that one action is preferred, less preferred, or different from another.

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Which is probably safer than doing it in the real world...
Somehow it seems eier than doing it on the water.
So you can easily see that a collective approach to such a policy can solve many more problems than doing it all separately.
Because this is better than doing it is not enough.
Better than doing it behind my back and lying about it!
And I hope that you too find that there's more to design, and more towards the art of the design, than doing it yourself.
It's much better doing it at night rather than doing it in the morning.
Even More Than Doing It On A Plane?
Somehow it seems eier than doing it on the water.
Somehow it seems eier than doing it on the water.
I just figured doing it with Frost would be a whole lot easier than doing it with Mike Wallace.

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