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Hello everyone,Could you please tell me if it is okay to use "to" after "disagree" as follows?1. He disagreed to my suggestion.2. He disagreed to help me.Note/ As far as I know, "disagree" isn't followed by "to" whether a noun or a verb comes after "to". That means the above sentences are wrong, but I have found some sentences with "disagree to" in the following link. Could you please tell me if they are correct or not?https://www.google.com/url?q=https://textranch.com/23463/disagree-with/or/disagree-to/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjusamOgM3zAhW9SPEDHVEkDaoQFnoECAgQAg&usg=AOvVaw07sJGUwGFLrDJLI5uovSiv

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Joseph Athe above sentences are wrong

Yes.

Joseph AI have found some sentences with "disagree to" in the following link.

This illustrates the error of basing conclusions on raw Google searches.

Joseph ACould you please tell me if they are correct or not?

"a manual form where visitors can either agree or disagree to give you consent to track their cookies manually." The writer meant "agree or not agree".

"If there is no item in stock and you disagree to replace with the similar item" This is as wrong as your examples are for the same reason. It reads non-native, with "to replace with the similar item" where a native speaker would have "to replace it with a similar item".

"I disagree to an extent with Mr Giansily." This is not "disagree to". It's "to an extent". He disagrees with Mr Giansily to an extent.

"I disagree to some degree with my colleague" This is the same as the last one. He disagrees with his colleague to some extent.

"The players discuss the distribution of the deal and either agree or disagree to a payout structure." This is a common error, where you try to yoke two words that take different prepositions and can't be bothered to use them both. Furthermore, a player does not "disagree with" a payout structure. He refuses to agree to it.

"No. I disagree to disagree." This is wordplay. There is an expression "let's agree to disagree", meaning "we have opposite opinions, and there seems to be no way for either of us to convince the other to change his mind, so we should stop trying and accept the situation". Someone said that, and the other person replied, "No. I disagree to disagree."

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Joseph A
Could you please tell me if it is okay to use "to" after "disagree" as follows?
1. He disagreed to my suggestion.
2. He disagreed to help me.

No. I've never heard that construction in my life. (agree to is OK, though.)

Some of the examples at the link are OK, for obvious reasons I think.

to disagree to some degree; to disagree to an extent

They both mean to disagree somewhat, to disagree a little.

CJ

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