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hiromichi
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 Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:12 am Post subject: scare people from / scare people into |
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Should "scare people from" below be "scare people into"?
Mr. Ryan accused Mr. Biden and Mr. Obama of using �scare tactics.�
�This is what politicians do when they don�t have a record to run on,� Mr. Ryan said, �try to scare people from voting for you.�
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IanT
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:59 am Post subject: |
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In this case, no, because "you" means the speaker.
So the speaker is accusing Obama of trying to scare people so they don't vote for the speaker.
I would use "out of", rather than "from" in this sentence.
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:26 am Post subject: |
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IanT:
I got the point. Thank you.
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