Subj : "The honor to report that..."
To   : All
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Thu Jan 03 2019 12:33:18

Hello, all

I have read recently that "I have the honor to report
that..." is incorrect and that one should say "I have the
honor of reporting that...":

> Official committee reports in English of the Canadian
> House of Commons all  contain the phrase "Your Committee
> has the honour to present its Xth Report".  That should of
> course be "the honour of presenting."

But why?  It is the more difficult for me to understand
because in my naytive Russian the infinitive version is only
natural.

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