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He will not let me borrow his computer #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:53 am   He will not let me borrow his computer
 

Test No. errors/elem-1 "Much information", question 4

He will not let me to borrow his computer.

(a) will not
(b) to borrow
(c) his

Test No. errors/elem-1 "Much information", answer 4

He will not let me borrow his computer.

Correct entry: borrow
The error was: (b) to borrow
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i cannot find the error in tthis sentence. please help me!

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Borrow #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:40 am   Borrow
 

You might want to compare the correct sentence with the wrong one to identify the error:
He will not let me borrow his computer.

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He will not let me borrow his computer #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:48 pm   He will not let me borrow his computer
 

I've learned, however, that "let" cannot be followed by "to"
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He will not let me borrow his computer #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 31, 2007 14:32 pm   He will not let me borrow his computer
 

Hi,

Exactly but if you use 'allow', you would need to say:

He wouldn't allow me to borrow.

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