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- 22-Dec-2011, 08:56 #1
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charged for/with The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced that a civilian clerical officer was on Thursday charged in court for forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust and conversion of proceeds of crime in the course of his employment with the ministry.
Is 'for' correct? I was taught that it should be 'charged with'?
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- 22-Dec-2011, 09:08 #2
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Teacher Re: charged for/with I have always used "charged with" as well, but I cannot say for certain whether or not "charged for" is incorrect.
Let's wait for our colleagues.
- 22-Dec-2011, 09:15 #3
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Teacher Re: charged for/with I'd say "charged with".
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- 22-Dec-2011, 10:42 #4
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Teacher Re: charged for/with I'd say that 'charged for' is not natural English in that context.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 22-Dec-2011, 13:19 #5
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Teacher Re: charged for/with Agree. charged with/arrested for Originally Posted by JohnParis
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