[Grammar] accuse someone for going to do something in the future

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taked4700

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Hi,


Is it possible to use 'accuse' for future action?

He accused me for going to quit the current job nest month.

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This sentence is not possible, but you could say e.g.

He accused me of planning to quit...
 

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Thank you, Philo.

Sorry for my using 'for' in place of 'of'. I cannot see why I used 'for' when writing the post No.1.

So, does this sentence make sense?

He accused me of going to quit my current job next month.

I'm wondering if 'of going to' is used in a context like this or not.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Thank you, Philo.

Sorry for my using 'for' in place of 'of'. I cannot see why I used 'for' when writing the post No.1.

So, does this sentence make sense?

He accused me of going to quit my current job next month.

I'm wondering if 'of going to' is used in a context like this or not.

Thanks in advance.
No, you really can't accuse something of something they haven't done yet.
You can accuse someone of: planning to, intending to, having an intention of doing, wanting to, wishing that ...
These are all things that are happening in the present but have some intentionality towards the future.
'going to' doesn't work though.
 

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The construction 'accuse someone of going' is, of course, grammatically possible, but would have quite the wrong meaning: the speaker would be accusing you of having physically gone somewhere in order to quit. It would have no future sense whatsoever.
 
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