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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Rejoice about?

Is it correct to say "He rejoices about the start of the holidays"? I'm not sure whether 'about' is the correct preposition
  

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It's not wrong. But the verb 'rejoice' is mostly used for unusually happy and important events. eg He rejoiced about his cure from cancer.

— Clive

  • It's not wrong.
  • But the verb 'rejoice' is mostly used for unusually happy and important events.
  • eg He rejoiced about his cure from cancer.
  • eg He rejoiced about the birth of his first grandchild.
  • In other words, it is not a common verb.
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It's not wrong.

But the verb 'rejoice' is mostly used for unusually happy and important events.
eg He rejoiced about his cure from cancer.
eg He rejoiced about the birth of his first grandchild.

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