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



 
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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 05, 2007 14:44 pm   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

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)?

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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:17 am   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

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Your #1 seems wrong to me. I don't believe 'forbid...from' is acceptable.
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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:46 am   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

It must be because it was in my CAE book... Maybe it's just more british...
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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:53 am   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

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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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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #5 (permalink) Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:54 am   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

We'll have to call Cambridge :D
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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #6 (permalink) Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:14 pm   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

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No need-- just wait for Alan.
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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #7 (permalink) Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:01 am   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

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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forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg" #8 (permalink) Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:04 am   forbid "to do smthg" v.s. forbid "from doing smthg"
 

Okay, so I had better just not use it.
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