Summon is often followed by to when directing someone to a place, event, or authority. By usually introduces the person or method responsible for the summons.
Use summon to for destinations, meetings, or authorities. Use by when naming who issued the summons or the method used.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Summon commonly takes a direct object without a preposition.
Use to for the destination, authority, or event someone must attend.
By introduces the authority or source of the summons, especially in passive structures.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
By names the agent, not the place someone must go.
✕ She was summoned by court. ✓ She was summoned to court.Summon takes the person directly as its object.
✕ They summoned to the manager. ✓ They summoned the manager.Use by mainly in passive sentences.
✕ The judge summoned by the witness. ✓ The judge summoned the witness.Use to for required appearances or destinations.
✕ He was summoned at the office. ✓ He was summoned to the office.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. Use summon to for places, meetings, authorities, or actions someone must attend.
Use summon by mainly in passive structures to name who issued the summons.
Not always. It often takes a direct object directly, as in summon a lawyer.
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