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Can you use the word "raised" in this manner?They raised disorder.

Enoon · Accepted Answer

Yes.

Fivejedjon · Answer

However, the fact that there are no citations at all in Coca for raise/raising.raises/raised + disorder suggest that it's a very unlikely collocation.

Enoon · Answer

fivejedjonHowever, the fact that there are no citations at all in Coca for raise/raising.raises/raised + disorder suggest that it's a very unlikely collocation.

People put too much faith in COCA. If you can raise revolt and raise a quarrel, you can raise disorder. It would mean to foment it, as in a populace.

Fivejedjon · Answer

enoonPeople put too much faith in COCA.

A survey of 450 million words of a wide range of spoken and written American English is a pretty reliable guide to what people actually say and write. It is certainly more reliable than the opinion of an individual.

enoon If you can raise revolt and raise a quarrel, you can raise disorder

You probably can, but very few people do. Incidentally, I don't think many people raise a quarrel or revolt. They raise questions, objections, concerns, doubts and suspicions

Enoon · Answer

fivejedjonA survey of 450 million words of a wide range of spoken and written American English is a pretty reliable guide to what people actually say and write. It is certainly more reliable than the opinion of an individual.

It's heavy on journalism and TV. I prefer myself to that, and so should everybody.

fivejedjonYou probably can, but very few people do.

Very few journalists and TV script writers.

fivejedjonI don't think many people raise a quarrel or revolt. They raise questions, objections, concerns, doubts and suspicions

From the Shorter Oxford: "Do not raise a quarrel ... between Thrasymachus and me." "The town never knew such a hullabaloo As that little dog raised."

"Raised a revolt" gets 316,00 hits in Google—1,440 if you restrict the search to .edu sites. It's plain English, however rare it may be growing under the brain-numbing influence of journalists, TV and Hollywood.

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