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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
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to protest sth
Hi,
(1) Thusands of people blocked the street, protesting against the new legislation.
(2) Thousands of people blocked the street, protesting the new legislation.
Q#1: Am I right in thinking that MOST AE speakers would prefer (2)?
Q#2: What if I replaced the preposition against with at or about?
(1.1) Thusands of people blocked the street, protesting about the new legislation.
(1.2) Thusands of people blocked the street, protesting at the new legislation.
Would (1.1) and (1.2) be natural and common as well as (1) (in BE at least)?
mus-te
(1) Thusands of people blocked the street, protesting against the new legislation.
(2) Thousands of people blocked the street, protesting the new legislation.
Q#1: Am I right in thinking that MOST AE speakers would prefer (2)?
Q#2: What if I replaced the preposition against with at or about?
(1.1) Thusands of people blocked the street, protesting about the new legislation.
(1.2) Thusands of people blocked the street, protesting at the new legislation.
Would (1.1) and (1.2) be natural and common as well as (1) (in BE at least)?
mus-te
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MUSCOVITE Q#1: Am I right in thinking that MOST AE speakers would prefer (2)? I don't think that holds true. MUSCOVITE Q#2: What if I replaced the preposition against with at or about?
- MUSCOVITE Q#1: Am I right in thinking that MOST AE speakers would prefer (2)?
- I don't think that holds true.
- MUSCOVITE Q#2: What if I replaced the preposition against with at or about?
- 'At' would be very rare, 'about' common enough.
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MUSCOVITEQ#1: Am I right in thinking that MOST AE speakers would prefer (2)?I don't think that holds true.
MUSCOVITEQ#2: What if I replaced the preposition against with at or about?'At' would be very rare, 'about' common enough.
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Mister MicawberMUSCOVITEQ#1: Am I right in thinking that MOST AE speakers would prefer (2)?
I don't think that holds true.Thank you, MM!
Just to finalize this "protest sth V protest against sth' alternative...
(1) What version would you (as a career teacher) recommend?
(2) What is the proportion of AE speakers who prefer
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MUSCOVITE(1) What version would you (as a career teacher) recommend?Honestly? I would recommend that it is unimportant; choose either. Omitting 'against' is only a style call by a professional writer...who may opt to keep it.
MUSCOVITE(2) What is the proportion of AE speakers who prefer "to protest sth"? (just off the top of your hea
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MUSCOVITEWould (1.1) and (1.2) be natural and common as well as (1) (in BE at least)?I would say that "against" is the most common and natural in BrE, but "about" and "at" feel acceptable to me also.
("protesting the new legislation" is the one that is unnatural in BrE.)
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Thank you so much for finalyzing this topic. (I now have detailed information on both BE and AE usage firsthand!)
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