forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"

[Can]

Hi All,

(1) Dan's mother forbade him from smoking in his room.

(2) Dan's mother forbade him to smoke in his room.

Is sentence (2) correct? If yes, does it have a slightly difference meaning from sentence (1)?

Thank you!

[Mister Micawber]

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Your #1 seems wrong to me. I don't believe 'forbid...from' is acceptable.
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[Can]

It must be because it was in my CAE book... Maybe it's just more british...

[Mister Micawber]

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We'll have to wait and see, but I checked my comment in the BBI collocation dictionary, and that's BrE.

Ms Google reveals for all domains:

102,000 English pages for "forbid to"
9,520 English pages for "forbid from".
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[Can]

We'll have to call Cambridge :D

[Mister Micawber]

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No need-- just wait for Alan.
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[Yankee]

Hi Jan

Like Mr. Mic, I feel uncomfortable with your first sentence. A search of the BNC for "forbade him from" produces only one result:
Courtesy forbade him from asking the reason for this unexpected visit.

A search in the BNC for "forbid him from" gets 2 results.

A search for "forbade him to" produces 7 results, and "forbid him to" gets 8.

So, not many results for any of them.

However, a search for passive forms produces this:
- "Was forbidden to" gets a whopping 42 results.
- "Was forbidden from" gets only 2.
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[Can]

Okay, so I had better just not use it.