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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What can/cannot I do?

Hi.
In "risk factors for delinquency and violence" may I replace for with "of"?
  

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No, because that would suggest that delinquency & violence are risky, which is not the point at all.

— Mister Micawber

  • No, because that would suggest that delinquency & violence are risky, which is not the point at all.
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No, because that would suggest that delinquency & violence are risky, which is not the point at all.
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So what does the original phrase mean?
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Factors which increase the risk of a youth becoming delinquent and violent (e.g., a broken home, childhood trauma).
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So I understood that 'for' here is designnating the goal here, am I right?
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If you consider delinquency and violence a goal, yes.
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What will you call them?
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