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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Teach of

Is it correct to use 'of' after the verb 'teach'?

E.g. "to teach of ideas from another age. "
  

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Anonymous Is it correct to use 'of' after the verb 'teach'? g. "to teach of ideas from another age.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Is it correct to use 'of' after the verb 'teach'?
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  • "to teach of ideas from another age.
  • " I can't speak for much older varieties of English.
  • It's possible that such a construction was used 600 - 800 years ago, but it's not used in modern English.
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Anonymous Is it correct to use 'of' after the verb 'teach'? E.g. "to teach of ideas from another age. "
I can't speak for much older varieties of English. It's possible that such a construction was used 600 - 800 years ago, but it's not used in modern English. Now it's just "teach" or, less often I'd guess, "teach about".

CJ
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CalifJim It's possible that such a construction was used 600 - 800 years ago, but it's not used in modern English.
It sounds a little old-fashioned to me, but not that far back. There's not much in COCA, but COHA and Ngrams have a few examples.
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