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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:38 pm
Post subject: "Response of" vs "Response from" |
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Hi,
What is the difference between "resposne of" and "response from"? For
example, "The response of the government was welcomed by the
supporters." and "The response from the government was welcomed by the
supporters.".
Thanks,
Michael
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:12 pm
Post subject: Re: "Response of" vs "Response from" |
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dayzman@hotmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
What is the difference between "resposne of" and "response from"? For
example, "The response of the government was welcomed by the
supporters." and "The response from the government was welcomed by the
supporters.".
Thanks,
Michael
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Both forms are possible here, but neither is satisfactory from a
stylistic point of view.
I think that, in most such cases, one would write "The government's
response" and use the active voice, as in: "The supporters welcomed the
government's response".
Roger |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:28 pm
Post subject: Re: "Response of" vs "Response from" |
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| Quote: | I think that, in most such cases, one would write "The government's
response" and use the active voice, as in: "The supporters welcomed the
government's response".
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Much depends on the context. The much-deprecated passive voice is,
used aright, simply a way of shifting emphasis. In a collection of
biographies of famed engineers, one would write "John A. Roebling
designed the Brooklyn Bridge." In a book on famous bridges, one would
write "The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John A. Roebling." Either
sentence in the other's context would be inappropriately cast.
If the writer's article or report or whatever was chiefly about the
response and what it was a response to and what it signified and so on,
the passive casting used was quite appropriate. If the focus was on
the government and its operations and actions and so on, it was not.
The preposition wanted is not a cast-iron choice: _of, by, from_ are
each possible; the choice is best determined by the point of view
intended.
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