Timeline for Why is this usage of "to" incorrect?
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| Jan 23, 2012 at 4:52 | comment | added | Kris | Did you say if "I can't access to Gmail." is grammatically correct? If so, how, and else, why? I suppose those were the OP's questions. In fact, the OP presumes it is incorrect and asks how and why it is so (per title of the OP). | |
| Jan 23, 2012 at 1:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I don't know if there's a US/UK difference there, but I don't think many/any Brits would say "I need to access Gmail for sending this report". I can't put my finger on why exactly - "I need internet access for emailing" sounds okay(-ish) to me, but "I need internet access for emailing this report" sounds worse, and "I need to access the internet for emailing this report" worse still. Personally I'd tend to discard the actual word "access" in all "noun" usages (where Gmail effectively means Gmail access, or access to Gmail anyway). | |
| Jan 23, 2012 at 0:27 | comment | added | Ademos | Thank you for providing so many examples. ---- I am unfamiliar with much of the English grammar terminology people have been using in their answers. (such as "indicating an infinitive") But your generous list of examples has given me a starting point in understanding the many English grammar terms. --- I now understand why I couldn't answer my friend's question; because there is much about English grammar terminology, that I haven't studied yet. | |
| Jan 23, 2012 at 0:08 | vote | accept | Ademos | ||
| Jan 19, 2012 at 19:18 | history | answered | choster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |