Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Posts: 1032
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 Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:13 am Post subject: zealous |
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1.No one was more zealous than Neil in supporting the proposal.
2.No one was more zealous than Neil to support the proposal.
3.People are zealous for liberty and peace.
4.People are zealous in liberty and peace.
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Are the above examples are correct?
If so, what is the different between #1 and #2?
And also, what is the different between #3 and #4?
Thanks. |
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Eric Thompson
Joined: 25 Nov 2006
Posts: 148
Location: Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: Re: zealous |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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1.No one was more zealous than Neil in supporting the proposal.
2.No one was more zealous than Neil to support the proposal.
3.People are zealous for liberty and peace.
4.People are zealous in liberty and peace.
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Are the above examples are correct?
If so, what is the different between #1 and #2?
And also, what is the different between #3 and #4?
Thanks. |
#1 and #2 mean the same thing. #1 is sounds better to me. There is no rule involved - it is just a convention. Verbals, like to support, can follow adjectives, like happy. But to support doesn't sound good after zealous, which is also an adjective.
#3 is definitely better than #4. There is purpose in their zealousnous; therefore, you should use for, which is the preposition of purposeness. |
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