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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Open season, witch hunt

Hi,

“There was open season for everyone involved in the scandal.”

“They started a witch-hunt for everyone involved in the scandal.”

Is the preposition ‘for’ correct?

Thank you.

  

Top answer

” I would not say "there was open season". The metaphor is too alive for that. ” Good, except in US English, no hyphen: "witch hunt".

— Anonymous

  • ” I would not say "there was open season".
  • The metaphor is too alive for that.
  • ” Good, except in US English, no hyphen: "witch hunt".
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Ann225“There was open season for everyone involved in the scandal.”

I would not say "there was open season". The metaphor is too alive for that. I would put it "It was open season on everyone …."

Ann225“They started a witch-hunt for everyone involved in the scandal.”

Good, except in US English, no hyp

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