Poll: She came closer than anyone to ____ the answer, but failed in the end.

Edwin Paul

When to use "to" you should use first form of verb but if you don't use "to" then you can use the fourth form of verb.

old gobbo

a) She came closer to the picture than anyone (in order) to find the answer, and eventually she saw it written very smallin a corner
b) she came closer than anyhone to finding the answer, but even she was wrong by 5%

old gobbo

a) She came closer to the picture than anyone (in order) to find the answer, and eventually she saw it written very smallin a corner
b) she came closer than anyhone to finding the answer, but even she was wrong by 5%

hlaing htoo

give me more

akbar

We should use infinitive from of the verb before "the answer",which is a noun