|
- prepositions - Usage of the verb provide - English Language Usage . . .
The verb provide takes two objects, and they can go in either order The second one usually takes a preposition, and the first one never does The preposition depends on the order Can you provide some good examples for me Can you provide me with some good examples You should provide food for your dog before you go on vacation
- Preposition with verb provide - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
provide (something) to (someone something) For example, The umbrellas provide shade for the guests He provided drugs to the prisoners In both of these examples, one could have swapped to and for, although the sentences as written feel more natural Is there a good rule to use when deciding whether to use to or for with provide?
- word choice - provide vs. provide with - English Language Usage . . .
The verb provide has two different subcategorisation frames: provide something [ to somebody] provide somebody with something; In the first, the material provided is the object, in the second the recipient is the object Both are valid, and both are in common use
- prepositions - “provide X to someone” vs “provide X for someone . . .
Provide certainly has a meaning of "hand over" or "give to," so I can't see how it can be ungrammatical to use a "to" preposition in phrases using "provide " You can also "provide an answer to a question " You certainly can "provide a shoulder to cry on " In either case, using "for" instead of "to" wouldn't make sense
- prepositions - Provide us with X or provide us X? - English . . .
provide (Collins COBUILD English Usage) 'provide with'* To provide something that someone needs or wants means to give it to them or make it available to them You say that you provide someone with something They provided him with money to buy new clothes We can provide you with information that may help you to find a job Be Careful!
- grammar - Provide vs. provide with - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Since no one else seems inclined to give you a hint about what's wrong with both of the options you provide, let me point out that a native English speaker or writer would be very unlikely to use the wording "Please ensure to provide X"—where X is anything being provided to anyone Instead, idiomatically, an English speaker would be far more
- grammaticality - Provide with or simply Provide - English Language . . .
Please provide the documents, and Please provide me with the documents are both correct (But Please provide me the documents is NOT correct) In the first instance the direct object is "the documents", but in the second, where "me" becomes the direct object then "documents" is indirect and hence requires a preposition -"with"
- Provided to us or Provided us? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The grammar aspect has been sufficiently addressed by John Lawler in the comments There is no difference One is from a relative clause you have provided help to us and the other is from a relative clause you have provided us help
|
|
|