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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

defy against

Hi teachers,

Is the following usage correct? Because defy is transitive.

Tom defy against their condescending attitudes.

Thanks
  

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No, it's wrong because you have used it intransitively.

— Enoon

  • No, it's wrong because you have used it intransitively.
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No, it's wrong because you have used it intransitively.
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And also rather redundantly.

"Defy" already carries a sense of "against."
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Hi eoon, hi Grammar Geek,

Thank yo so much. I looked up Google and there' are some 'defy against' used transitively which made me a little confused.

Thanks
TN
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tinanam0102Hi eoon, hi Grammar Geek,Thank yo so much. I looked up Google and there' are some 'defy against' used transitively which made me a little confused. ThanksTN
Some of those are about the Motorola Defy. The rest are mistakes.
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Hi enoon,

Thank you very much.

TN
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