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Marold Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Encourage peace?

"The UN was established after the Second World War in 1945 to encourage international peace and security."

In normal circumstances, "maintain" could be used in this case or it would be one of the correct verbs. But a classmate of mine propounded this verb as a next alternative.

Is it possible to use encourage in this context?

Thanks a lot in advance.
  

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Yes. It's a more active verb. eg Maintain peace - stop people fighting.

— Clive

  • Yes.
  • It's a more active verb.
  • eg Maintain peace - stop people fighting.
  • Encourage peace - tell people it's a good idea not to fight Clive
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Yes. It's a more active verb. eg

Maintain peace - stop people fighting.

Encourage peace - tell people it's a good idea not to fight


Clive
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Is it also possible to use promote?
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Yes.
promote - tell people the advantages of not fighting

Clive
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