to give/express support to something

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Hello,Can people give support to proposals/causes/etc, or express their support for them? I think that we can give support to people in order to encourage them. "A lot of people have gathered to express their support for the proposal/to give their support to the proposal." I personally think that "express" sounds better. What do you suggest?

Hrsanei · Accepted Answer

I would use "show" in that context.
A lot of people have gathered to show their support for the proposal.
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Gene93 · Answer

Yeah, it just came to me <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>. Thank you. Give definitely sounds bad to me, but how about "express"? Is it unacceptable?

Hrsanei · Answer

"Express" is fine.

Gene93 · Answer

Thanks a lot. Sorry for the stupid suggestion in the first post <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/6.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/6.gif' alt='Emotion: sad'/>.

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