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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Famine

Hello Teachers,

Is it famine of or famine for? Which preposition is correct? There was a famine of food and other necessities.

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A famine results from weather conditions over a large area where there is no rain for a lengthy time. Crops cannot grow, and the harvest fails. That causes a lack (or dearth ) of food.

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  • A famine results from weather conditions over a large area where there is no rain for a lengthy time.
  • Crops cannot grow, and the harvest fails.
  • That causes a lack (or dearth ) of food.
  • " Here are some expressions with "famine": During the seven years of plenty, the excess grain was carefully stored.
  • That prevented starvation in the seven years of famine which followed.
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A famine results from weather conditions over a large area where there is no rain for a lengthy time. Crops cannot grow, and the harvest fails. That causes a lack (or dearth) of food.

We do not say a "famine of food."

Here are some expressions with "famine":

During the seven years of plenty, the excess grain was carefully stored. That p
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Hi Anon.

Famine means "lack of food". So it would be redundant to say "famine of food".

But you can specify like this:

"The Irish potato famine of 1845-46"

"Another crop failure famine unleashed during her childhood"

So, "of" can be use but wouldn't be idiomatic.

Cheers,

RENAN

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