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Being too intimate in public places, ignoring social morality and causing embarrassment of others.
Should the preposition after "embarrassment" be "of" or "to"?
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Being too intimate in public places, ignoring social morality and causing embarrassment of others.
Should the preposition after "embarrassment" be "of" or "to"?
The same way as you can cause
These all have a negative mood to them. And I can't imagine embarrassment ever being a positive thing either. The object is receiving the action (and effect) of cause.