Avoid terrible crowds or terrible crowding? Thank you in advance.
In the Chinese college examination, an item goes as follows:
The subway allowed people to avoid terrible __61__(crowd) on the roads above.
The answer is crowds.
Why avoid terrible crowding is not correct? Thank you in advance.

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Avoid terrible crowds or terrible crowding? Thank  you in advance.
In the Chinese college examination, an item goes as follows:
The subway allowed people to avoid terrible __61__(crowd) on the roads above. 
The answer is crowds.
Why avoid terrible crowding is not correct? Thank you in advance.

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Both would be correct. The exam has chosen to use the noun form. Sadly this lack of flexibility is a problem with exams.

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Thank you very much!

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Benjamin has this correct, but Richard is right that it's not a very good question and it's easy to misunderstand.

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Benjamin and Richard are both correct

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crowding = making a crowds

To prevent crowding on the roads above, please take the subway. (this means to stop the crowds before they are made)

To avoid crowds on the roads above, please take the subway. (This means that there are already crowds in the roads, and you can avoid them by taking the subway)

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