Thread: "grant someone" or "grant to someone"?
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Old 26-Aug-2006, 06:33
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Default Re: "grant someone" or "grant to someone"?
Hi Reemy-san,

Thank you for your explanation.
I understand the both usages, "The bank grants me a $500 loan." and "The bank grants a $500 loan to me.".

The expressions I encountered were like "ABC company grants XYZ company to use ABC's software." and "ABC company grants to XYZ company to use ABC's software.". And I doubt that the latter sentence is something wrong or different from "The bank grants a $500 loan to me." format because there is no object between "grants" and "to XYZ".

So, my question again is that is "grant to someone", i.e. without object between "grant" and "to someone" OK?

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Akabane
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