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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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the new drugs were targeted at these diseases.

0Only about 1% of the new drugs01b00 were targeted02b00 01b00at02b00 these diseases.02br
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00The advertisements were designed to 01b00target02b00 young girls.02br
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00HI,02br
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00When should there be "at" following "target(ed)" in the above? When shouldn't there be "at?' Thanks.0-
  

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02br 01i 00to be targeted at02i 02br 01i 00to target (something)02i 02br 01i 00(for someone) to target (something) at (something) 02i 02br 01i 00The drugs [were targeted at / targeted] these diseases. 02i 02br 01i 00The advertisements [were targeted at / targeted] young girls. 02br 02i 02br 00CJ 0-

  • 02br 01i 00to be targeted at02i 02br 01i 00to target (something)02i 02br 01i 00(for someone) to target (something) at (something) 02i 02br 01i 00The drugs [were targeted at / targeted] these diseases.
  • 02i 02br 01i 00The advertisements [were targeted at / targeted] young girls.
  • 02br 02i 02br 00CJ 0-
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0You have several different grammatical patterns here with the same meaning.02br
01i00to be targeted at02i02br
01i00to target (something)02i02br
01i00(for someone) to target (something) at (something) 02i02br
01i00The drugs [were targeted at / targeted] these diseases. / The researchers targeted t

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