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The second. It is a verb followed by an infinitive. Verbs followed by gerunds indicate durational action: he admitted to taking the money. Loathe is not such a verb. These kinds of grammatical questions can be answered fairly reliably by googling.
 
I didn't view loath as a verb in that sentence; thus, the loath spelling rather than loathe. PP .. Thanks for the good info which I anticipated receiving from you. PP .. I actually made a brief (feeble?) attempt to google for an answer. PP .. . . . . Pete
 
You are right about the misspelling and the consequent second error, mine this time. Loathe is a transitive verb and takes a direct object: I loathe the misuse of the phrase begs the question. This one does not say I am loathe but I am loath to do something. Loath is an adjective, but the phrase am loath functions as a verb phrase, and the rest of the answer follows.
 
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