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MustAsk Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Raise/stir/incite concern?

Hi

New NSA revelations raise/stir/incite concern

Are all three suitable here?

Thanks!
  

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Unless this is a newspaper headline, a period is needed at the end. I think all three are possible, but incite usually carries a more "active" meaning, as in "The announcement incited a riot on the part of the observers".

— Philip

  • Unless this is a newspaper headline, a period is needed at the end.
  • I think all three are possible, but incite usually carries a more "active" meaning, as in "The announcement incited a riot on the part of the observers".
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Unless this is a newspaper headline, a period is needed at the end. I think all three are possible, but incite usually carries a more "active" meaning, as in "The announcement incited a riot on the part of the observers".
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