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This tag is for questions about whether something obeys the rules of grammar in English. The question must INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC GRAMMATICAL CONCERN. If your question is about grammar itself, please use the "grammar" tag.

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Is the usage of this ‘to permit this’ ungrammatical in this sentence from the Economist?

The preceding sentence is vital context: 'Pressure will therefore mount for vaccinated people to be able to move around freely, even if at first they will be too few in number to make much difference …
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