verb
BAD : My father couldn't afford paying for my education.
GOOD : My father couldn't afford to pay for my education.
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afford (to do) sth : 'Not many couples can afford to run two cars nowadays.'
verb
BAD : My father couldn't afford paying for my education.
GOOD : My father couldn't afford to pay for my education.
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afford (to do) sth : 'Not many couples can afford to run two cars nowadays.'
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary. Английский словарь распространенных ошибок Longman. 2012