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Usenet Posted 17 years ago
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"Exemplified through"

Is the usage of the phrase "exemplified through" in a sentence incorrect?
  

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[/nq] I'd say "Yes, it's incorrect". Something is exemplified by an exemplar (or model), so "exemplified by" is the only idiomatic form. I can easily imagine people using "exemplified through", but if I heard it I'd consider it a solecism.

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  • [/nq] I'd say "Yes, it's incorrect".
  • Something is exemplified by an exemplar (or model), so "exemplified by" is the only idiomatic form.
  • I can easily imagine people using "exemplified through", but if I heard it I'd consider it a solecism.
  • Cheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]Is the usage of the phrase "exemplified through" in a sentence incorrect?[/nq]
I'd say "Yes, it's incorrect".
Something is exemplified by an exemplar (or model), so "exemplified by" is the only idiomatic form.
I can easily imagine people using "exemplified through", but if I heard it I'd consider it a solecism.

Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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