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.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

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

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

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 )

[irmamar]

OK, I'll wait. Thanks.

Edit: sent or send?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

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.

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

OK, I'll wait. Thanks.

Edit: sent or send?

I prefer of, because to is ambiguous.

[Cloudgazer]

Originally Posted by poli

I prefer of, because to is ambiguous.

De acuerdo con Poli.

[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.

[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.