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When to use allow vs allows?

When to use allow vs allows?

Either one is correct, but the meaning changes. If the verb is plural, the which refers to the events. The events allow me to learn: “My work requires me to be at different areas for different events which allow me to learn …”

What does allowed it mean?

: to permit (something) : to regard or treat (something) as acceptable. : to permit (someone) to have or do something. : to permit (someone) to go or come in, out, etc.

How do you use allows in a sentence?

Allows sentence example

  1. The society need not be secret if the government allows it.
  2. Somewhere, in actual life, the stress of craft and courage acting on the springs of human vice and weakness fails, unless the hero of the comedy or tragedy, Callimaco or Cesare, allows for the revolt of healthier instincts.

What is the synonym of allow?

verb. permit, approve, authorize, enable, endure, let, sanction, stand, suffer, tolerate. give, allocate, allot, assign, grant, provide, set aside, spare. acknowledge, admit, concede, confess, grant, own.

How do you use allows?

allow somebody/something to do something His parents won’t allow him to stay out late. He allowed his mind to wander. The law allowed companies to dismiss workers without any reason. be allowed to do something He is not allowed to stay out late.

Is allow for correct?

“Allows” simply means a general meaning of allowance of something. “Allows for” generally means allowing a particular event or action that may happen in the future. Both are correct here. The second one is slightly more specific, however.

What is allow it in slang?

To cease doing something. “Allow it”: stop it; forget it.

Can you say Allow to?

1: allow + to + infinitive: It allows to do something. 2: allow + verb+ -ing: It allows doing something. 3: allow + pronoun + to + infinitive: It allows me to do something.

What is the word for not allowed?

When something is prohibited, it’s not allowed.

What’s another word for not allowed?

What is another word for not allowed?

banned proscribed
prohibited forbidden
unacceptable inadmissible
impermissible vetoed
ruled out verboten

What is allow with example?

The definition of allow means to permit or to give permission. An example of allow is a mother letting her teenager have a later curfew. verb.

Does not allow or allowed?

“We are not allowed smoking” isn’t grammatically incorrect, but it’s odd. “We do not allowed smoking” is incorrect. More commonly, we’d say one of these: We do not allow smoking.