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Rule "'allow' + 'to' + infinitive"

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Description: 'allow' + 'to' + infinitive
Message: Did you mean to write 'be required'?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/gerund-equals-infinitive/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We may require to draw upon the guarantees given to us by the Indian financial institutions.
    Correction suggestion: be required
  • As a first step towards examining the financial data, GAIL will require to enter into a confidentiality clause agreement with the present project sponsors to access the data.
    Correction suggestion: be required
  • Minna could produce and maintain such a report, but I would require to justify that this is a worthwhile allocation of her resource.
    Correction suggestion: be required
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • This most likely will require to go into enemy territory - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
  • Third, with respect to the balance of capacity that you may require to meet your primary point obligations, (a) There will be no citygate allocation requirements for this winter, except for the 25% limitation on Texas Eastern.
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ID: ALLOW_TO [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)