Preposition after "to warn"
Pete
Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
"to warn someone of something"
"to warn someone about something"
"to warn someone against something"
Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!)
And is there a difference in meaning?
Thanks in advance!
Pete
the Omrud
> Hi everybody!
>
> Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
>
> "to warn someone of something"
> "to warn someone about something"
> "to warn someone against something"
>
> Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!)
You can warn somebody off. This means that you warn them not to
interfere, or you order them to leave.
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Steven Xu
that object here a 'house.'
"to warn someone of something"
This phrase is considered to more directly warn someone of the object
itself, rather to warn of the presence of the house.
"to warn someone about something"
I think this would generally refer to a warning of something that the
house is capabale of doing, and not necessarily the house's presnece.
For example, if you were standing in front of a haunted house with a
friend... you could say, 'He warns me about the house (that it is
filled with invisible laughing monsters.' However, in this case, 'He
warns me of the house' hints more closely to the presence, and it
doesn't sound right here because you already see the house. Get it?
"to warn someone against something"
This is probably the least used of the three. To warn against would be
an attempt to deter somebody from doing something (rather than making
them aware of the house's presense or its abilities).
Michael Mendelsohn
> Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
>
> "to warn someone of something"
> "to warn someone about something"
> "to warn someone against something"
>
> Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!)
>
> And is there a difference in meaning?
"to warn someone to do something"
Cheers
Michael
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meirman
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>Pete typed thusly:
>
>> Hi everybody!
>>
>> Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
>>
>> "to warn someone of something"
I would warn someone of the danger of bees, for example.
>> "to warn someone about something"
>> "to warn someone against something"
But I would just warn someone about bees or against bees.
Actually, I was scared to death of being stung by a bee until I was
about 30, when I got stung for the first time. And he stung me inside
my mouth (while I was eating in a park). You know, it wasn't bad, and
I'm not scared anymore.
>> Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!)
>
>You can warn somebody off. This means that you warn them not to
>interfere, or you order them to leave.
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Mendelsohn <inv...@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de> posted:
>
>Pete schrieb:
>> Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
>>
>> "to warn someone of something"
>> "to warn someone about something"
>> "to warn someone against something"
>>
>> Any others? ("I warned him in the house." Haha!)
>>
>> And is there a difference in meaning?
>
>"to warn someone to do something"
Your rule is positive, but all your examples are negative.
But you're right. I warned him to pay his taxes on time. Sentences
like this bother me a little for some reason, but I can't think of a
reason why, people certainly say them, and I can't think of a better
way that is as concise.
>
>Cheers
>Michael
>--
>I'm warning you FOR the last time: don't do that!
>I'm warning you WITH utmost urgency to not do that!
>The bottle warns you ON the label not to swallow it.
Michael Mendelsohn
> Mendelsohn <inv...@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de> posted:
> >> Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
> >> "to warn someone of something"
> >> "to warn someone about something"
> >> "to warn someone against something"
> >"to warn someone to do something"
>
> Your rule is positive, but all your examples are negative.
Actually, that's just me; when I googled for the phrase I found a lot of
positive examples.
> But you're right. I warned him to pay his taxes on time. Sentences
> like this bother me a little for some reason, but I can't think of a
> reason why, people certainly say them, and I can't think of a better
> way that is as concise.
IMHO, the reason for this "little bother" is that the other "warn"
phrases (with of/about/against) name a danger, and the "to do" phrase
indicates the desired action, not the dangerous one. It sounds strange
to me to, even though the usage is the same in German.
Cheers
Michael
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Tor
preposition. Unless the statement is "to warn him off the property."
Peace,
Tor
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We could say,
"I warned him that he should pay his taxes."
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> > > But you're right. I warned him to pay his taxes on time. Sentences
> > > like this bother me a little for some reason, but I can't think of a
> > > reason why, people certainly say them, and I can't think of a better
> > > way that is as concise.
> >
> > IMHO, the reason for this "little bother" is that the other "warn"
> > phrases (with of/about/against) name a danger, and the "to do" phrase
> > indicates the desired action, not the dangerous one. It sounds strange
> > to me to, even though the usage is the same in German.
Tor schrieb:
> "To warn someone to do something" seems similar to an indirect statement.
> We could say,
> "I warned him that he should pay his taxes."
So I could substitute "told" for "warned":
"I warned him to pay his taxes on time."
"I told him to pay his taxes on time."
Makes sense.
Thank you!
Odysseus
> > > > Mendelsohn <inv...@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de> posted:
> > > > >"to warn someone to do something"
>
<snip>
> > >
> > > IMHO, the reason for this "little bother" is that the other "warn"
> > > phrases (with of/about/against) name a danger, and the "to do" phrase
> > > indicates the desired action, not the dangerous one. It sounds strange
> > > to me to, even though the usage is the same in German.
>
> Tor schrieb:
> > "To warn someone to do something" seems similar to an indirect statement.
> > We could say,
> > "I warned him that he should pay his taxes."
>
> So I could substitute "told" for "warned":
> "I warned him to pay his taxes on time."
> "I told him to pay his taxes on time."
>
> Makes sense.
A little closer in meaning would be "advised", with the same
constructions. However, going back to the phrases mentioned further
above, while "to advise against" means pretty much the same as the
expression with "warn", the versions with "of" and "about" are
neutral, "advise" there meaning "inform". ("To tell of" and "about"
are roughly the same as these last, but "to tell against" is
something entirely different. Go figure.)
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meirman
Mendelsohn <inv...@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de> posted:
>meirman schrieb:
>> Mendelsohn <inv...@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de> posted:
>> >> Which prepositions can be used after the verb "to warn"?
>> >> "to warn someone of something"
>> >> "to warn someone about something"
>> >> "to warn someone against something"
>
>> >"to warn someone to do something"
>>
>> Your rule is positive, but all your examples are negative.
>
>Actually, that's just me; when I googled for the phrase I found a lot of
>positive examples.
>
>> But you're right. I warned him to pay his taxes on time. Sentences
>> like this bother me a little for some reason, but I can't think of a
>> reason why, people certainly say them, and I can't think of a better
>> way that is as concise.
>
>IMHO, the reason for this "little bother" is that the other "warn"
>phrases (with of/about/against) name a danger, and the "to do" phrase
>indicates the desired action, not the dangerous one. It sounds strange
>to me to, even though the usage is the same in German.
>
>Cheers
>Michael
I heard one somewhere on tv last week that was even worse. "The
residents were warned that there would be no earthquake". That's
right, NO earthquake!!