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edit'permitted Germany' has a missing word, it should be 'permitted to Germany'. Better yet, rephrase the sentence: 'As one of the cruisers that Germany was permitted to retain under the Treaty of Versailles,' Modest Genius talk 12:38, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- I don't believe there is an error here. A quick search shows the phrase "permitted Germany" to be often used, generally in this topic area. I don't think we need to get to your proposed alternative, since there is no error, but I think it would be too long as we are at 1,013 characters and only have 12 to spare. Wehwalt (talk) 12:47, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Most of those search results are a different grammatical construction, so the results are uninformative. Is this a WP:ENGVAR issue? Omitting the 'to' is certainly a grammatical error in BrE. If so, we should find some WP:COMMONALITY phrasing that works in all variants of English. Modest Genius talk 12:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- I definitely consider this a grammatical error as well in Canadian English. We would not say "The ship was allowed Germany" — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:48, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- I use BrEng and find "One of the cruisers permitted to Germany by the Treaty of Versailles" an odd construction without feeling motivated enough to hunt through the style guides. The current version is, anyway, common in this context. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Whereas I would find "allowed Germany" just fine in AmEng. Wehwalt (talk) 14:24, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- As a BrEng speaker, "cruisers permitted Germany by the Treaty of Versailles" is fine to me. Both that or the much longer version are grammatical to my eye. - SchroCat (talk) 14:31, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Most of those search results are a different grammatical construction, so the results are uninformative. Is this a WP:ENGVAR issue? Omitting the 'to' is certainly a grammatical error in BrE. If so, we should find some WP:COMMONALITY phrasing that works in all variants of English. Modest Genius talk 12:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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