Cleared of ? accused of?

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Hi, I read a passage from a newspaper this morning.

"The Medical Coucil has suspended indefinitely the license of a doctor who was cleared of the indecent assault of female patients 2 years ago.

David, now 33, was accused of performing inappropriate and unnecessary medical examinations on the breasts and vaginas of 6 patients in 2007and 2008."

My question is :
Why we can put a perposition "of" after an adjective "cleared" ? and Why there is a of after a verb "accused" ?
Are both of them phrasal verb? can anyone give me a detailed explaination and further examples?

Thanks in advance

Avangi · Accepted Answer

"To clear/accuse someone of X" is the standard formula for using these verbs.

The noun works differently:
"The accusation was that David performed inappropriate and unnecessary medical examinations etc"

Hktrader · Answer

Avangi"To clear/accuse someone of X" is the standard formula for using these verbs.The noun works differently:"The accusation was that David performed inappropriate and unnecessary medical examinations etc"

Thanks for your response.

1)who was cleared of the indecent assault of female patients 2 years ago.
2)David, now 33, was accused of performing inappropriate and unnecessary.

but the 2 verbs are right now: who was cleared of / David was accused of. They are not started by "To". Is that the standard formula still valid?

Avangi · Answer

hktraderThey are not started by "To". Is that the standard formula still valid?

Yes.

Beginning with the infinitive is just a standard way of stating a general expression.
You could also say, "Clearing/accusing someone of X" is the standard formula.

{Verb/verbal] someone of X

finite verb, passive voice: David is/was/is being/will be/etc. accused of performing etc.
finite verb, active voice: The District Attorney accused/is accusing David of performing etc.

infinitive, passive voice: David is expected to be accused of performing etc.
infinitive, active voice: The District Attorney is expected to accuse David of performing etc.
participle: Accusing David of performing inappropriate and unnecessary medical exams,
the District Attorney said today etc.

It doesn't matter what form the verb takes. The verbs "clear" and "accuse" are followed by "of" plus NP.
We accuse him of bribery. We accuse him of taking bribes.

Hktrader · Answer

Thanks!

are there any other verb(word) that has similar standard?

(verb) of ........

Avangi · Answer

Advise him of his rights. He was advised of his rights.
They plan to deprive him of his rights. He was deprived of his rights.
The doctor cannot cure him of this disease. He was cured of the disease.
He was disarmed of the pistol.
He was relieved of his wallet. (a bit dated)
He was delivered of his wallet. (even more dated)
The file had been emptied of its contents.
He was healed of the ailment.
He was informed of the accident.
He was milked of his resources.
He was reminded of his wife.
The bowl had been scraped of its contents.
He was stripped of his rank.
He was suspected of robbery.

I'm sure there are more.
These are all transitive verbs.
I didn't include verbs which could also be followed by "about." (I told him of ---; I told him about ---)

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