Dear teachers,
According the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, the word "provide" has the following ranges of possible collocations:
provide something for somebody; provide somebody with something; provide something to somebody
Does the following sentence conform to any of the above patterns of collocation? Is there a need for "with" after "me"
1. Once again, I should like to thank you for all the generous help that you have, since 1994 (if I am not wrong), been providing learners like me.
2. Once again, I should like to thank you for all the generous help that you have, since 1994 (if I am not wrong), been providing learners like me with.
Thank you very much
#2 is correct.
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