Which one is right: "allows to acquire" or "allows acquiring"?

Asked Jan 28 '13 at 15:40

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Which version of the following sentence is correct/better?

"In particular, it allows to acquire a signal using a sample rate significantly lower than the one dictated by the Nyquist criterion"

"In particular, it allows acquiring a signal using a sample rate significantly lower than the one dictated by the Nyquist criterion"

I searched Google Scholar for "allows to acquire" and "allows acquiring", and it seems people use both more or less with the same frequency.

edited Jan 28 '13 at 22:31

nohat

asked Jan 28 '13 at 15:40

Alejandro

@AndrewLeach There have been quite a few questions today claimed at duplicates of that one. While I agree they are on the same territory, it also seems to me that none of them quite match the concerns in that one - not for example covering how a noun or pronoun could fix the first sentence here. Maybe we need a different gerund vs infinitive to rule them all. – Jon Hanna Jan 28 '13 at 15:45

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