sin llega vs. sin llegar

Question

The direct object "la" stands for "la puerta."

La cerró lo más rápido que pudo sin llega; a parecer grosero.

I thought after all prepositions if there is a verb it must be in the infinitive form.

Is this an exception?

Also, what does sin llega mean in this sentence? Without doing what exactly?

Answer 1

La cerró lo más rápido que pudo sin llegar a parecer grosero.

Hmm, typo on llegar no doubt, but the rest, what about the semi-colon? Was that there? Yes, this is it, no semi-colon, and the r is missing.

he closed the door as fast as he could trying not to seem rude.

• This is word for word how it was written! Strange. - Fredbong Sep 28, 2011