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to avoid using of vs to avoid use of

Both "to avoid using of" and "to avoid use of" are not correct constructions in English. The correct form is simply "to avoid using." The verb "avoid" is followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb) and not by a noun or a noun phrase.

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to avoid using of

This is not a correct construction in English. The verb "avoid" is followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb) and not by a noun or a noun phrase.

The correct form is "to avoid using."
  • (12) Whereas, to avoid the possibility of using ever smaller mesh sizes for fixed gears, which is resulting in increasing mortality rates for juveniles of the target species of the fisheries concerned, mesh sizes for fixed gears need to be established;
  • Whereas, to avoid the possibility of using ever smaller mesh sizes for fixed gears, which is resulting in increasing mortality rates for juveniles of the target species of the fisheries concerned, mesh sizes for fixed gears need to be established;
  • Lem, let's try to avoid using sarcasm.
  • It needs to be resolved quickly, and obviously we'd like to avoid using force.
  • Therefore the President was wrong not to apply the procedure laid down in Article 4, which is intended precisely to avoid using secret ballots, for tactical reasons, at every opportunity.
  • I would like you to avoid using unfair terms to describe the Commission's work.
  • So I think that the debate that will follow in Ireland should also address how to avoid using or misusing any fear factor.
  • It seems to me that the only way to overcome the problem of pesticide residues in food is to avoid using pesticides in farming.
  • Can I recall to the House that yesterday's annual guidelines issued by the Commission urge Member States to avoid using state aids to postpone essential restructuring.
  • Avoid using this medication in conjunction with antidepressants.
  • It would be desirable to avoid using such sources if possible, or at least to postpone using them until better environmental and carbon capture safeguards can be put in place.
  • Indeed, even when an operator makes an effort to avoid using GMOs or GM material, traces may be technically unavoidable during cultivation, harvest, transport and processing.
  • Meat producers, for example, will be able to avoid using GM feed for the first time through labelling.
  • Then I'll avoid using the shield.
  • Avoid using two words if you give any statements to the media.
  • Avoid using masking procedures for prolonged induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia.
  • Mr President, I will speak briefly and avoid using any euphemisms.
  • We must also avoid using words on signs when symbols are sufficiently explicit.
  • I'll... I'll try to avoid using the word "adamant."
  • I am quite aware that the term 'constitutionalisation' has come to be viewed with some suspicion recently, and that people are afraid to use it, or at least, prefer to avoid using it.

to avoid use of

This is not a correct construction in English. The verb "avoid" is followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb) and not by a noun or a noun phrase.

The correct form is "to avoid using."
  • As a precautionary measure, it is preferable to avoid use of NovoSeven during pregnancy.
  • To avoid use of such a claim on food naturally high in sodium, its use should be limited to food low in sodium.
  • As a precautionary measure, it is preferable to avoid the use of ciprofloxacin during pregnancy.
  • It is preferable to avoid the use of Ciprofloxacin Bayer during pregnancy.
  • Report to the Commission by 31 October 2006 on findings and on progress to avoid the use of methods that can cause contamination.
  • Alternatively, it may be possible in certain cases to avoid the use of tension flaps on sheets.
  • Report to the Commission by 31 October 2006 on findings and on progress to avoid the use of methods that can cause contamination.
  • This would allow European farmers to have access to the appropriate information to avoid the use of reproductive material from cloned animals if they so wish.
  • In an international comparison, ES-1 considers that UK supervisors "preferred to avoid the use of formal statutory powers wherever possible".
  • In order to avoid abusive use of accounting figures, it is necessary to support this report.
  • However, every effort should be made to avoid the use of such materials.
  • Substitute technologies to replace analogue sound processing circuits in order to avoid the use of cadmium-based optocouplers in all professional audio applications should become practicable by 31 December 2009.
  • The "one time, last time" principle is further reinforced, to avoid the use of repeated rescue or restructuring aids to keep firms artificially alive.
  • The vending industry has been thoroughly informed on the means to avoid the use of such coins by appropriately adjusting the vending machines.
  • We should make every effort to avoid the use of harmful substances in agriculture, horticulture and forestry by using more organic protection products which operate by building up resistance and enable good results to be achieved.
  • This information will improve the diagnosis of contact allergies among such consumers and will enable them to avoid the use of cosmetic products which they do not tolerate.
  • This is a considerably more positive attitude than that prior to 2006, in which Greece wanted to avoid any use of the name Macedonia for its neighbours to the north.
  • In the debate on the Vienna Declaration and the Action Plan, the European Union invited both sides to avoid the use of force and to respect internationally approved standards of human rights.
  • This information will improve the diagnosis of contact allergies among such consumers and will enable them to avoid the use of cosmetic products which they do not tolerate.
  • However, to avoid the use of chlorinated solvents, a modification of the Bligh and Dyer method (9) as described in (17) should be used.

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