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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Using gesticulate
When using 'gesticulate' as an intransitive verb, is it followed by to or at or toward? What are the other options? He gesticulated toward her. He gesticulated at/to the waiter to bring the menu.
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All seem reasonable. Interestingly, only two of some 50 instances from the American Corpus are followed by any such preposition. Ms Google is more indiscriminate: 10,900 results - gesticulated at 14,200 results - gesticulated to 1,140 results - gesticulated toward 4,260 results - gesticulated towards
- All seem reasonable.
- Interestingly, only two of some 50 instances from the American Corpus are followed by any such preposition.
- Ms Google is more indiscriminate: 10,900 results - gesticulated at 14,200 results - gesticulated to 1,140 results - gesticulated toward 4,260 results - gesticulated towards
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All seem reasonable. Interestingly, only two of some 50 instances from the American Corpus are followed by any such preposition. Ms Google is more indiscriminate:
10,900 results - gesticulated at
14,200 results - gesticulated to
1,140 results - gesticulated toward
4,260 results - gesticulated towards
10,900 results - gesticulated at
14,200 results - gesticulated to
1,140 results - gesticulated toward
4,260 results - gesticulated towards
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