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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

To optional or not?

http://www.whiteoakmotel.com/mobile/policies.html


We reserve the right to charge a guest's credit card for "replacement value" costs for damages caused by ...

I saw this sentence at that link.
IS it correct to put the TO?

We reserve the right to charge TO a guest's credit card for "replacement value" costs for damages caused by ...

I also saw
We will debit your credit card whether you cancel or not.

Is there anything wrong with it?

thanks
  

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alc24 IS it correct to put the TO? No. The verb is transitive here.

— RandomGuy

  • alc24 IS it correct to put the TO?
  • No.
  • The verb is transitive here.
  • You could use to if the word is a noun: unauthorized charge to credit card.
  • alc24 We will debit your credit card whether you cancel or not.
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alc24IS it correct to put the TO?
No. The verb is transitive here. You could use to if the word is a noun: unauthorized charge to credit card.
alc24We will debit your credit card whether you cancel or not.
Is there anything wrong with it?
It's fine. However, I usually hear debit an account.
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