To?

[irmamar]

I've read this sentence usign "to". Would "of" be incorrect?

It's a document written by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

:confused:

[Perikles]

I've read this sentence usign "to". Would "of" be incorrect?

It's a document written by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

:confused:Presumably, the various states send delegates to the Constitutional Conference, so to is correct. But also the CC consists of delegates, so they are part of it, so I would say of is also correct. (But someone from over there should comment :thinking:)

[irmamar]

OK, I'll wait. Thanks. :)

Edit: sent or send? ;)

[Perikles]

OK, I'll wait. Thanks. :)

Edit: sent or send? ;)Ah - I guess this conference no longer exists. I was thinking of their presidential selection procedure. sent. :o

[poli]

OK, I'll wait. Thanks. :)

Edit: sent or send? ;)
I prefer of, because to is ambiguous.

[Cloudgazer]

I prefer of, because to is ambiguous.
De acuerdo con Poli. :twocents:

[hermit]

"...delegates at the conference." would also be correct.

[laepelba]

Irma - I think that either would be correct, depending on the context. Can you give the one or two sentences that come before this one?

[irmamar]

I don't have the notes here. On Monday I'll see.

But thanks. :)

[chileno]

I agree with Lou Ann.

Contexts:

The Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia.

The delegates representing the different States at the convention.

A document was written by some delegates

a) The document was written somewhere else and was presented/directed/addressed to the rest of the delegates at/in the convention.

b) The delegates wrote the document at the convention.

c) The delegates of this/that convention wrote a document.

:)

[irmamar]

Context (this is the first sentence of the paragraph, so, no more context):

The Constitution of the United States is a legal document written by the delegates to the Consitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

I don't know if it can halep. :thinking:

[laepelba]

Each State of the Union sent men to this meeting in Philadelphia at which they were supposed to write the Constitution for this new nation. These were the delegates *to* the Constitutional Convention.

I am more comfortable with "to" than with "of". That might just be because I seem to remember being taught this topic in school a zillion years ago and I think that they always said "to". Remember that this wasn't just *any* conference. It was an event that happened once, and so the terminology about it is typically used in a certain way every time it's written about.

Although I'm most comfortable with the use of "to" (because the delegates were *sent* by their home states, so there is an idea of directionality), I think that the other word that is used is "at". I just looked a bit online and found "at" several times: "the delegates at the CC"....

AND, if you google the phrase "delegates constitutional convention", most of the top hits' titles say "delegates TO the Constitutional Convention"......

[irmamar]

Thank you, Lou Ann. :) :rose: