On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0100 Chris Rees <utis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 June 2010 19:18, Roger B.A. Klorese <rog...@queernet.org> wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Matthew Seaman > > <m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> Whether or not he agrees with them is a matter of philosophical > >> interest only, so long as he keeps to the terms. > > > > Agree TO them, not agree WITH them. > > _______________________________________________ > > As I remember, agree _to_ is valid only when followed by a verb > infinitive (which is indeed where the `to' comes from); To can be part of an infinitive, but in this case it's a preposition. "Agree to them" and "agree with them" have different meanings: roughly comply and concur. I presume he was trying to precis the answer, rather than correct the grammar. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
