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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

arouse/generate/produce

Hello,
Can I use all three of them here: "These rumours aroused/produced/generated intense interest among investors"?

Thank you
  

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I would go with "generated". "Produced" is okay, but I prefer "generated". I would not use "aroused", because for me arousal has always been more appropriate for sexual connotations.

— Xerxes

  • I would go with "generated".
  • "Produced" is okay, but I prefer "generated".
  • I would not use "aroused", because for me arousal has always been more appropriate for sexual connotations.
  • But that's my preference.
  • Others might disagree.
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I would go with "generated". "Produced" is okay, but I prefer "generated". I would not use "aroused", because for me arousal has always been more appropriate for sexual connotations. But that's my preference. Others might disagree.
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