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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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forbid you from leaving//to leave

0I forbid you from leaving the house without washing the dishes first.02br
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00I forbid you to leave the house ...02br
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00Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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0I ain't no native speaker, so the only thing I can do is look it up in my dictionary, and Longman says both structures are ok. Whether one is better than the other, I don't know (yet) 050010id1

— Kooyeen

  • 0I ain't no native speaker, so the only thing I can do is look it up in my dictionary, and Longman says both structures are ok.
  • Whether one is better than the other, I don't know (yet) 050010id1
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0I ain't no native speaker, so the only thing I can do is look it up in my dictionary, and Longman says both structures are ok. Whether one is better than the other, I don't know (yet) 050010id1
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0 Check Google Books 01b00before02b00 posting. If you find them there under books with English/American-sounding authors, they are good, which is true for both here. However, based on frequency the 2nd one is preferable, the first one seems old-fashioned to me. 02br
01b00702b00 on 01b00"forbid you from leaving"02b02
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