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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Revel or rejoice

Which is correct?


He revels/rejoices in other misfortune.

thanks

  

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Both verbs are OK. Personally, I'd use "rejoices". However, the rest of the sentence isn't quite right.

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Both verbs are OK. Personally, I'd use "rejoices".

However, the rest of the sentence isn't quite right.

He rejoices in the misfortune(s) of others.
He rejoices in others' misfortune(s).

CJ