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navi
05-11-2006, 02:02 PM
Which is correct:
1-How can we have access downstairs?
2-How can we have access to downstairs?
3-How can we have access to the downstairs?

JRiddy
05-11-2006, 08:04 PM
It depends.

If you're trying to ask how you may come to the downstairs level, you should say, "How can we get downstairs?"

If you're trying to ask how you can get access (with a key, keycard, or passcode), you should say, "How can we get access to the lower level?"

Rusty
05-12-2006, 03:44 PM
It depends.

If you're trying to ask how you may come to the downstairs level, you should say, "How can we get downstairs?"

If you're trying to ask how you can get access (with a key, keycard, or passcode), you should say, "How can we get access to the lower level?" Which is correct:
1-How can we have access downstairs?
2-How can we have access to downstairs?
3-How can we have access to the downstairs? I think what Navi is asking is which to use: downstairs, to downstairs, or to the downstairs. I think they can all be used and they have the same meaning. As JRiddy says, "get" is a very natural verb in this context. You might also say, "gain access to/to the."