Speak against vs speak for
Dear teachers,
when trying to find out whether something belongs to type A or B you can bring arguments that
"speak against A or B".
Can you also use "speak for" to say that "these ideas speak for A"? Or do you use another expression for that?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
I'm not sure what you are asking. He speaks against B. (He is opposed to B.
- I'm not sure what you are asking.
- He speaks against B.
- (He is opposed to B.
- ) He speaks for B.
- (He represents B when B cannot speak for himself.
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I'm not sure what you are asking.
He speaks against B. (He is opposed to B. He does not like B.)
He speaks for B. (He represents B when B cannot speak for himself. He is in favor of B.)
0I'm sorry, I was not precise enough. Thank you for asking again!
Let's image that A was an epidemic and B a pandemic. I would like to discuss whether the illness XY is either A or B. So I put arguments on my list and when presenting them I would use the phrases above.
So for instance: An epidemic is usually specific to one region or country. This also applies to the
0You seem to have posted this question twice.
I offered you my opinion here.
0You're right, Clive. Sorry about that: I forgot the login and so I accidentially posted as an anonymous. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find the post again, which had happened to me before I became "Asterix".
Would you please tell me how to delete the anonymous post?
Thank you!
0Asterix"This fact would speak for the illness being an epidemic."
I would not say it that way.
That fact supports the classification of that illness being an epidemic.
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