Preposition after "to warn"

Pete typed thusly:
[nq:1]Hi everybody! Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"? "to warn someone of something" "to warn someone about something" "to warn someone against something" Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!)[/nq]
You can warn somebody off. This means that you warn them not to interfere, or you order them to leave.

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Consider the object that is being warned of/about/against. Let's call that object here a 'house.'
"to warn someone of something"
This phrase is considered to more directly warn someone of the object itself, rather to warn of the presence of the house.

"to warn someone about something"
I think this would generally refer to a warning of something that the house is capabale of do

Pete schrieb:
[nq:1]Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"? "to warn someone of something" "to warn someone about something" "to warn someone against something" Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!) And is there a difference in meaning?[/nq]
"to warn someone to do something"
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[nq:1]Pete typed thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi everybody! Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"? "to warn someone of something"[/nq]
I would warn someone of the danger of bees, for example.
[nq:2]"to warn someone about something" "to warn someone against something"[/nq]
But I would just warn someone about bees or against bees.

Actually, I was scared to death of b

[nq:1]Pete schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"? ... the house." Haha!) And is there a difference in meaning?[/nq]
[nq:1]"to warn someone to do something"[/nq]
Your rule is positive, but all your examples are negative.

But you're right. I warned him to pay his taxes on time. Sentences like this bother me a little for some reason, but I ca

meirman schrieb:
[nq:2]"to warn someone to do something"[/nq]
[nq:1]Your rule is positive, but all your examples are negative.[/nq]
Actually, that's just me; when I googled for the phrase I found a lot of positive examples.
[nq:1]But you're right. I warned him to pay his taxes on time. Sentences like this bother me a little for ... of a reason why, people certainly say them, and I

[nq:1]meirman schrieb:[/nq]
I heard one somewhere on tv last week that was even worse. "The residents were warned that there would be no earthquake". That's right, NO earthquake!!
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