Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Starved for/of
Which is correct, "We are starved for/of revenues"?
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For me, it must be "starved of revenue". "for" just sounds wrong. However, there are sufficient plausible-looking Google hits for the latter to make wonder whether some native speakers do legitimately use it.
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For me, it must be "starved of revenue". "for" just sounds wrong. However, there are sufficient plausible-looking Google hits for the latter to make wonder whether some native speakers do legitimately use it. Perhaps other forum members can comment. Possibly it could be a BrE/AmE difference.
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