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Subject:RE: grammar advice: infinitive in US English From:"David Chinell" <dchinell -at- msn -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:51:40 -0400
"To let people subscribe to..."
"To allow people to subscribe to..."
"To enable people to subscribe to..."
I can't explain why any of these are correct, since I write
mostly by ear. I hope someone knows the grammatical
underpinnings and shares them with the list.
I also have a personal aversion to "enable" since it usually
sets the wrong tone (for my company) and it requires an
extra word.
Bear
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