Timeline for Any difference between "protest" and "protest against"?
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| Nov 27, 2022 at 14:12 | comment | added | Stuart F | I think "protest"+object is increasingly common in UK English, probably under American influence. Searching the BBC website gave examples such as "Large crowds have gathered outside the Metropolitan Police's headquarters to protest the death of a man who was fatally shot by an armed officer in south London." (2022) | |
| Apr 25, 2013 at 9:10 | vote | accept | Andy Cheng | ||
| Apr 25, 2013 at 9:10 | comment | added | Andy Cheng | Thanks, Andrew. The tag "North American" also appears in my OALD, but not my NOAD. It has troubled me for a while to find that the latter does not mark the use without the preposition "against" as particularly North American usage, while it lists the two uses (with and without "against") separately with two virtually identical definitions. Though I was expecting explanation other than the regional differences, I think I can now settle for this one. Thanks anyway. | |
| Apr 25, 2013 at 8:52 | history | answered | Andrew Leach♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |