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pilarmham
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COULD YOU HELP ME?
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Is this sentence correct?
We are not allowed smoking in the library.
Or should we say
We are not allowed to smoke in the library?
The first sentence doesn �t sound quite right, but on the other hand, I know that both
We don �t allow smoking / to smoke in the library
are correct.
Please?
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15 Jan 2013
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EstherLee76
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The first one is correct. The second one is not correct The third one should be "We don �t allow smoking in the libray" |
15 Jan 2013
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cunliffe
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The first one is wrong. The right sentence is �We are not allowed to smoke in the library �
�We don �t allow smoking � is correct. �We don�t allow to smoke� is wrong.
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15 Jan 2013
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pilarmham
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What about this other possibility?
We don �t allow people to smoke / smoking in the library.
I �m going crazy with this structure and all its possible combinations!
Thank you again and again!
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15 Jan 2013
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sousou aicha
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We don �t allow people to smoke. The rule is: (not) allow someone to do something. Hope it is useful. "We don �t allow smoking" means that it is a law in the library: smoking is not allowed. |
15 Jan 2013
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yanogator
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So, the following are correct: We are not allowed to smoke... We don �t allow smoking... We don �t allow people to smoke... The following are incorrect: We are not allowed smoking... We don �t allow to smoke... Bruce |
15 Jan 2013
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pilarmham
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Thank you everyone, one last question? Michael Swan says it is a mistake to say:
*It is not allowed to smoke in the library
This was the last straw for me...
Could you explain this?
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15 Jan 2013
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ueslteacher
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I guess "allow" just can �t be used in impersonal passive constructions. "It" here acts as a normal subject suggesting some "thing" is not to smoke in the library:) E. g. The first time my cat went to the library it found out that it is not allowed to smoke in the library... It was really shocked:) Sophia |
15 Jan 2013
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