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Ouroboros Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Provide for...

Hi,

I want to use this word in the sense of 'stipulate'.

Is it possible to use 'provide for that' to introduce a dependent clause rather than to simply place a noun after 'for'?

For example:

This Article provides for that the investigative authorities are obliged to...

Thanks.
  

Top answer

I believe you need This article provides that the investigative authorities shall ... or, possibly, This article provides for the investigative authorities to ... In any case, provide for that ...

— CalifJim

  • I believe you need This article provides that the investigative authorities shall ...
  • or, possibly, This article provides for the investigative authorities to ...
  • In any case, provide for that ...
  • is completely ungrammatical.
  • Sorry.
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I believe you need

This article provides that the investigative authorities shall ...

or, possibly,

This article provides for the investigative authorities to ...

In any case, provide for that ...is completely ungrammatical. Sorry.
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Thank you Emotion: smile

Then the rule says 'provide for' must be followed by an object, not a subordinate clause?
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ouroborosThen the rule says 'provide for' must be followed by an object, not a subordinate clause?
I would not state it like that.

'provide' may take a FOR ... TO ... clause as its complement. (A FOR ... TO ... clause is a kind of subordinate clause.)

CJ
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Oh, I see now.

Thanks again!
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