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costantina

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could you tell me which prepositions is more correct in the following sentence:

"I agree with/to giving you the permission to publish...".
 

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could you tell me which prepositions is more correct in the following sentence:

"I agree with/to giving you the permission to publish...".
I would use "to".
 

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could you tell me which prepositions is more correct in the following sentence:

"I agree with/to giving you the permission to publish...".

I would use "to" as well but I would be more likely to say "I give you permission to publish..."
 

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I would use "to" as well but I would be more likely to say "I give you permission to publish..."
It might not be your permission to give. If there were a commitee of three, you might have to agree with the other two to give her permission to publish.
(I agree to/with the decision to permit you to publish).
 

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And the BBC usually forces the word to go without any prepositions at all. Well, it's free.
 

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If it were someone else's decision to grant the permission, you could use "I agree with" to say you support the decision. (Similar to the suggestion that if it required agreement among a few people and it wasn't just my decision alone.)
 
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