My grandfather allows us coming home late vs My grandfather allows us to come home late

The correct phrase is 'my grandfather allows us to come home late.' The use of 'to come' is necessary after 'allows' to form the correct structure in English.

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My grandfather allows us coming home late

This phrase is incorrect. The gerund 'coming' should be replaced with the infinitive 'to come' after 'allows.'

The correct structure is 'my grandfather allows us to come home late.' Use the infinitive form 'to come' after 'allows' to convey the intended meaning.

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Unni, you're coming home late more often now.
Getting up in the morning, coming home late at night.
His wife was lying about him coming home late.
But the neighbours saw her coming home late, dressed in trashy clothes.
Coming home late one afternoon, someone was waiting for her in the entrance hall.
I tell your mom I'm coming home late.
If a husband starts coming home late the wife had better watch out.
This is the third morning in a row you're out early, and every night you're coming home late.
You've been coming home late every night, and then you're falling asleep in the first five minutes.
It's probably just Homer coming home late from Moe's.
You're on it. I'd like to text my husband and tell him I'll be coming home late tonight.
That's most likely what Wally thought and why he started wearing disguises, leaving early, and coming home late.
He's been coming home late recently and I've been taking out these unfamiliar receipts.
You think I like coming home late?
So... I started getting up early, coming home late.
I keep coming home late... my wife's going to think something's up.
My husband was coming home late that day and left the car
You've been coming home late for almost a week now.
Everyone has seen you with me: getting in the car, coming home late at night.
Old J.K. caught us coming home at 3:00 A.M.

Alternatives:

my grandfather allows us to come home late

My grandfather allows us to come home late

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct way to express that the grandfather permits or gives permission for someone to arrive home late.

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She wants us to come home.
He's telling us to come home.
He wants us to come home now and kiss his new ring.
We fight for the ones that are waiting for us to come home when it's all over.
The only way she could get us to come home was by bribing us with ice cream.
Your mother doesn't want us to come home right now.
So, Jason swears it's not broken, and he really doesn't want us to come home.
What if we had a baby relying on us to come home, and something happened?
She wants us to come home. is this even possible?
Dad didn't allow us to come out into the woods.
I may ask you to come home late every single night.
However, we can develop natural techniques that will allow us to come close to complete security asymptotically.
Please allow us to come up with some serious results.
This software allows us to come close and look at parts of this.
It should never be forgotten, Mr Evans, that these competition rules are also there to stimulate productivity and to allow us to come back in even better condition after the crisis.
In spite of our fairly distant initial negotiating positions, we have managed to reach a compromise, which, I hope, will allow us to come to an understanding with the Council at first reading.
What we are trying to see is if there is a margin for manoeuvre to allow us to come up with a new proposal which could be justified, and so start the process again.
Ran. Entertainment women who always comes home late.
My husband comes home late drunk.
Dad didn't allow us to come out into the woods.

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My grandfather allows us coming home late vs My grandfather allows us to come home late