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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Refuse somebody to do something

Hello teachers,

Is the following construction acceptable in English, please?

She refused me to sleep in her room.

What I actually want to know is: is it correct grammatically when we say "refuse somebody to do something"?

  

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Is the following construction acceptable in English, please? She refused me to sleep in her room. What I actually want to know is: is it correct grammatically when we say "refuse somebody to do something"?

  • Is the following construction acceptable in English, please?
  • She refused me to sleep in her room.
  • What I actually want to know is: is it correct grammatically when we say "refuse somebody to do something"?
  • No, it's not.
  • Say eg She refused my request to sleep in her room.
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Is the following construction acceptable in English, please?

She refused me to sleep in her room.

What I actually want to know is: is it correct grammatically when we say "refuse somebody to do something"? No, it's not. Say

eg She refused my request to sleep in her room.

eg She didn't allow me to sleep in her room.

eg She didn't let me sle

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