"Provide us with X" or "provide us X"? [closed]

Does provide need the preposition with, or is it truly ditransitive?

• Kindly provide us with your best quotation
  Kindly provide us your best quotation.

• He provided directions.
  He provided us directions.
  He provided us with directions.

provide (Collins COBUILD English Usage)

• 'provide with'*

  To provide something that someone needs or wants means to give it to them or make it available to them. You say that you provide someone with something.

They provided him with money to buy new clothes.

We can provide you with information that may help you to find a job.

Be Careful! You must use with in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'They provided him money to buy new clothes'.

• 'provide for'

  You can also say that you provide something for someone.

The animals provide food for their young.

The hospital provides care for thousands of sick children.

Be Careful! Don't use any preposition except for in sentences like these. Don't say, for example 'The animals provide food to their young'.

If you provide for someone, you regularly give them the things they need, such as money, food, or clothing.

Parents are expected to provide for their children.

If he dies, will the family be provided for?

Be Careful! You must use for in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'Parents are expected to provide their children'.