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In other words, these are questions of coherent and natural-sounding phrasing, rather than strictly grammar, I believe. "Provide for the common good" is an example of
Please provide a full sentence in which you intend to use these expressions. "Would you provide us with rations?" or "Would you provide us rations?"
Why is the usage of "Provide" different from that of other verbs? E.g. give an orrange to you or give you an orange. INCORRECT - provide you an orange; provide an
I have never heard provide us used where us is an indirect object. For example, there are 95 examples of provides us in the British National Corpus, but all but two have
For example, The umbrellas provide shade for the guests. He provided drugs to the prisoners. In both of these examples, one could have swapped to and for, although the sentences as
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