Get it right: provide
Posted on: May 26, 2014 /
Categories: Conversation
When provide means “to give someone something they need,” use the pattern provide someone with something (not “provide someone something”):
✗ Television provides us a convenient way to get the latest information.
✓ Television provides us with a convenient way to get the latest information.
✗ She had enough money to provide him a basic school education.
✓ She had enough money to provide him with a basic school education.