Is it ok to say "He was accepted TO the London School o

cftranslate · Post by **cftranslate** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:51 pm

Are both TO/BY correct in this type of sentence?

a) He was accepted TO the London School of Economics.

b) He was accepted BY the London School of Economics.

c) He was accepted INTO the London School of Economics.

Thanks

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:38 pm

Hmmm

a) Sounds a bit odd to me, but I wouldn't discount it. It might sound OK to another native speaker.
b) Fine, it emphasises that LSE took the decision to accept him.
c) Fine in my English.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:40 am

I don’t see “to” as a preposition in (a). More, I think there’s some ellipsis after the particle “to” going on in (a) type examples:

Google results:

Student accepted to Royal Academy drama program in London

So you'd like to... get accepted to a graduate school for psychology
So You've Been accepted to Northwestern Philosophy Dept...

(Stacy Peralta *'s "Dogtown and Z-Boys *," the winner of the Audience Award and the Director Award at the 2001 * Sundance Film Festival *, has been accepted to the Toronto * International Film Festival.

“accepted to” <join> <enter into>

“Whilst “into” is definitely a preposition in (c), indicating a move from outside to inside the group, organisation etc.