Agree on / Agree to

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by aspirant2011 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:55 am
Agree to i can tell is used for example: I agree to your proposal............

Agree on I dont have an idea when it is used.....................

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by tetura84 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:03 am
According to Aristotle SC,
agree with = agree with a person/idea
agree to = agree to inanimate things such as plan or proposal
agree on/upon = agree to the choice of someone/something
Let's try to agree upon a date for the vacation.
John and Tina agree upon the need to hire a trainer.
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:13 am
tetura84 wrote:According to Aristotle SC,
agree with = agree with a person/idea
agree to = agree to inanimate things such as plan or proposal
agree on/upon = agree to the choice of someone/something
Let's try to agree upon a date for the vacation.
John and Tina agree upon the need to hire a trainer.
This is accurate. A couple more for agree on:

They agreed on terms for the contract.
John and Tina agree on environmental issues.

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