Omitted Words

[jack]

1. Virtual Server is used to allow Internet users (to) access to LAN services. (Is 'to' omitted here?)

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

1. Virtual Server is used to allow Internet users (to) access to LAN services. (Is 'to' omitted here?)

'access' functions as a noun.

...allow Internet users LAN service access. (Noun)

[jack]

What does it mean with 'to'?
1. Virtual Server is used to allow Internet users (to) access to LAN services. (Is 'to' omitted here?)

...allow Internet users LAN service access. (Noun)

2. Virtual Server is used to allow Internet users LAN service access. (I don't understand the meaning of this. Could you explain it to me please? Thanks. Also, the sentence seems like it is hard to read too, why is that? )

[Casiopea]

Sentence 1. is ungrammatical with 'to'. Here's the structure: Allow someone something; e.g., allow users access to LAN Services. If we delete 'to', we get
Allow someone to do something; e.g., allow users to access LAN services.

[jack]

Sorry. I don't know why I still don't understand it.

Sentence 1. is ungrammatical with 'to'. Here's the structure: Allow someone something; e.g., allow users access to LAN Services. If we delete 'to', we get
Allow someone to do something; e.g., allow users to access LAN services.

1. Allow someone to do something.
2. Allow someone do something. (So this is right?)

3. Can you ask someone to do something for me? (Correct? If this is correct, why isn't #1 correct as well?)
4. Can you ask someone do something for me? (Is this correct? This sounds incorrect without 'to'?)

Is 'that' omitted in #6?
5. I don't know why I still don't understand it.
6. I don't know why (that) I still don't understand it.

[Casiopea]

2. and 4. are incorrect; 5. is correct, and 6. is incorrect.

Allow them to access LAN services. (verb + object)
Allow them access to LAN services. (noun + prepositional phrase)

[jack]

Thanks.

[jack]

http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer...oundup-01.html

1. This is a printer dedicated to (a/the) small volume production. (Is the determiner omitted here? If so, how do you know if it's 'a' or 'the'?)

[jack]

1. Prospects who are themselves (as) sales people or who imagine they know a lot about selling sometimes present difficult selling obstacles, especially for the novice. (Is 'as' omitted here?)

[jack]

Could someone help me with the posts above? Thanks.

1. The last price reported is displayed. (Is 'that was/is' omitted between 'price' and 'reported'? If so, how do you know if it is 'that was' or 'that is'? )
2. The last price (that was/is ) reported is displayed. (Is 'that was/is' omitted here?)

What do these mean?
3. The last price that is reported is displayed.
4. The last price that was reported is displayed.
5. The last price reported is displayed.
6. The last price reported was displayed.