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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Covet into

"It later used its ability to cut off data to force rivals out of business, or coerce owners of apps Facebook coveted into selling at below the market price, even though they were not breaking any terms of their contracts, according to the documents." (The Guardian.)

Is "coveted into" a phrasal or prepositional verb in the sentence above?

  

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"coveted into" is not a phrase. The pattern is "coerce X into (doing) Y". X = "owners of apps (that) Facebook coveted".

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  • "coveted into" is not a phrase.
  • The pattern is "coerce X into (doing) Y".
  • X = "owners of apps (that) Facebook coveted".
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"coveted into" is not a phrase. The pattern is "coerce X into (doing) Y". X = "owners of apps (that) Facebook coveted".

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