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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

support

Hello,
Do these sentences make sense: "We spent a week soliciting/eliciting support for the campaign"? What other verbs can we use, even more colloquial ones? We can't say "trying to find support", can we?
  

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Gene93 Do these sentences make sense: "We spent a week soliciting/eliciting support for the campaign"? 'Elicit' sounds wrong there. Gene93 What other verbs can we use, even more colloquial ones?

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  • Gene93 Do these sentences make sense: "We spent a week soliciting/eliciting support for the campaign"?
  • 'Elicit' sounds wrong there.
  • Gene93 What other verbs can we use, even more colloquial ones?
  • Drumming up support Gene93 We can't say "trying to find support", can we?
  • You may if you wish, but it sounds as if you got none.
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Gene93Do these sentences make sense: "We spent a week soliciting/eliciting support for the campaign"?
'Elicit' sounds wrong there.
Gene93What other verbs can we use, even more colloquial ones?
Drumming up support
Gene93We can't say "trying to find support", can we?
You may if you wish, but
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I came across "They were able to elicit the support of the public." and that's why I thought it would be okay. And because I have mentioned it, "elicit" is more often used about reactions, isn't it? Macmillan also says "information".
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Gene93"We spent a week soliciting/eliciting support for the campaign"? What other verbs can we use, even more colloquial ones?
garnering
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I used "fraze.it" and I see that "attract support" is not uncommon. Is that true or that site is good for nothing?
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That site is fine. The meaning is a bit different; it is less proactive than 'solicit'.
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Hello again. If I wanted to attract support, I would do things that people might like. Attract them to the cause. Find and rally support are more or less the same to me. If I am trying to solicit support, I have to ask people for it, don't I? That's what the dictionary says anyway. Asking for support is a little pathetic. If I drum up support, there are at least a few people who are supporting me,
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That is a pretty good take on some of those nuances, Gene.
Gene93 Find and rally support are more or less the same to me.
Rally is much more aggressive.
Gene93Asking for support is a little pathetic.
That just sounds like a basic, neutral verb to me.
Gene93 If I drum up support, there are at least a few
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