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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Agree to or agree with

Hello everyone,

Is the preposition "to" correctly used after "agree" in the following sentence?

- The doctor and the squire agreed to Captain Smollet's suggestions, and then the captain left the cabin.

Or must it be "with"?

Regards

JA

  

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Either preposition can be used.

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Either preposition can be used.

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I would use 'agree to' with 'suggestion' where it is equivalent to 'plan' or 'proposal'.

I would use 'agree with' with 'suggestion' where it is equivalent to 'idea', 'opinion' or 'view'.

CJ

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Joseph AThe doctor and the squire agreed to Captain Smollet's suggestions,

Implication: They will take some action to implement what Smollet has suggested.

Joseph AThe doctor and the squire agreed with Captain Smollet's suggestions,

Implication

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