Multiple choice

Select the option that corrects the following incorrect sentence. I am too busy not to see him.

  1. I am too busy not to saw him.

  2. I am too busy not to seeing him.

  3. I am too busy not to have seen him.

  4. I am too busy to see him.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

(1), (2) and (3) are incorrect because the sense, in the given sentence, is that “I am so busy that I cannot see him”, whereas the sense conveyed by (1), (2) and (3) is quite opposite. Answer: (4)