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Surfer Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Provide someone (with) sth.

Hi, ..I understand that if provide is followed by an indirect object, followed by a direct one, the latter is preceeded with with, as in:


"We should provide learners of new concepts with actual models to bridge to reality"

Is that always the case? And is the following correct?

".. provide me a way out of this mess!"


I appreciate your help. Thank you.

  

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Surfer ".. " That is perfectly fine, even preferable to "with a way out of". " "New concepts actual models" is a bit tricky to read.

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Surfer".. provide me a way out of this mess!"

That is perfectly fine, even preferable to "with a way out of". "With" becomes necessary only in passive constructions like "They were provided with weapons for the upcoming revolution." "With" is often advisable to prevent misreading, as in your first sentence, "We should provide learners of new concepts actual

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SurferI understand that if provide is followed by an indirect object, ...

Both grammatical patterns are used as you can see from the examples below. The pattern that includes 'with' is used a bit more often than the pattern without it.

What you are calling an indirect object is only an indirect object in the pattern without 'with'. It's considered a

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