wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea Nov 23, 2012 #1 1. I forbade her to go. 2. I forbade her from going. Sentence 1 is grammatical - as I know, and one of the web dictionaries says sentence 2 is also grammatical. Is it true? Is 2 grammatical and natural? forbid ::
1. I forbade her to go. 2. I forbade her from going. Sentence 1 is grammatical - as I know, and one of the web dictionaries says sentence 2 is also grammatical. Is it true? Is 2 grammatical and natural? forbid ::
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Nov 23, 2012 #2 wotcha said: 1. I forbade her to go. 2. I forbade her from going. Sentence 1 is grammatical - as I know, and one of the web dictionaries says sentence 2 is also grammatical. Is it true? Is 2 grammatical and natural? forbid :: Click to expand... Yes, 2 is grammatical and natural. Are you sure 1 is right?
wotcha said: 1. I forbade her to go. 2. I forbade her from going. Sentence 1 is grammatical - as I know, and one of the web dictionaries says sentence 2 is also grammatical. Is it true? Is 2 grammatical and natural? forbid :: Click to expand... Yes, 2 is grammatical and natural. Are you sure 1 is right?
wotcha Senior Member Thread starter Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea Nov 23, 2012 #3 Well.. actually I'm not sure.