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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: prompt vs promote |
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| China's military might is growing, prompting fears that it could use force to protect its interests. |
In the quote, I think that 'prompting' should be changed to 'promoting' because 'promote something' or 'promote somebody' is possible while only 'prompt somebody' is possible.
But I'm not sure, so can you tell the truth?
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lotus
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Hi Chan-Seung Lee,
Something can "prompt" something else.
The situation prompted fear.
--lotus
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Chan-Seung Lee
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: once more |
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In the quote, can 'prompting' be replaced with 'promoting'?
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lotus
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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You can, but it would sound a little awkward.
People promote things. Governments or organizations promote things. But a situation or a state of affairs generally does not promote things.
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