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28 January

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"can you provide me your order number?"

isn't this wrong?(not having "with" before "me")

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marystrough

28 January

English (US)

Can you provide me with your order number?

With comes after me to say it correctly. The with is indicating what it is you want them to give to you. So you will say with followed by what it is you want.
You will hear quite a few people leave out the word with but this is usually done by lazy speakers.

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luckyall

28 January

Korean

@marystrough can you elaborate how critically is it taken as a mistake not to put with?

bc my English teacher who was born in the phillpines, where English is used ut not as the mother tongue, made that mistake.

since you aaid a few people leave out this word, Id like to ask if native speakers kind of "intentionally" do that.

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marystrough

28 January

English (US)

It is the same as someone speaking in dialect in Korean. Some dialects will leave out syllables. It is correct and understood but it makes it sound less intelligent.
My kids are half Filipino. They do speak English very well and this is a common mistake.
You will be understood with or without the with but to sound more educated then use the with.

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luckyall

28 January

Korean

@marystrough interesting....
let me double-check this.

is it considered a MISTAKE?

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marystrough

28 January

English (US)

In a English class it would be considered wrong. I was telling you if you would be understood in day to day life. An educated person would say with and in a English class it would be necessary.

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luckyall

28 January

Korean

@marystrough I see...

then if I were to give a presentation in front of many people for instance in college, and I say "Let me provide you more detail"(without "with"),

in that case, would some people raise their eyebrows because of me not using with?

or nobody's gonna even notice that erroneous grammar(because it is too common of a mistake to even notice)?

sorry for asking repetitively...

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marystrough

28 January

English (US)

They would raise a eyebrow. If you were trying to get them to invest and you made these several small errors then they might not invest.
They may or may not catch it but we hear it and something will seem off. I listen to people and I hear these things. I refused to date a guy because when he texted me he didn't know the difference between their, there, and they're.
The with is important. You don't want to talk like a person who barely made it through English.

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marystrough

28 January

English (US)

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"can you provide me your order number?"isn't this wrong?(not having "with" before "me") See a translation

In a English class it would be considered wrong. I was telling you if you would be understood in day to day life. An educated person would say with and in a English class it would be necessary.

By the way, you learn by asking questions. Keep asking. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. We are all here to help. Learning another language is difficult. I'm learning Korean right now. Keep up the good work.

"can you provide me your order number?"

isn't this wrong?(not having "with" before "me")

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By the way, you learn by asking questions. Keep asking.
The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. We are all here to help. Learning another language is difficult. I'm learning Korean right now. Keep up the good work.