crave after/crave for/craving for

[Barman]

1) Everyone craves after recognition.

If I want to place the preposition 'for' after the word 'crave', is it grammatically correct to write the sentence 1) as follows?

2) Everyone is craving for recognition.

Is it grammatically incorrect to use 'crave for' in the sentence 2)?

3) Everyone craves for recognition.

 

[emsr2d2]

We don't use a preposition after "crave/craving" (when the latter is used as a verb) at all.

Everyone craves recognition.
He is craving coffee.

When "craving" is used as a noun, follow it with "for".

I have a craving for chocolate cake.

 

[tedmc]

You can say:

Everyone goes after recognition.
Everyone hungers for recognition.

 

[tedmc]

That does not mean the same thing.

I know that. It is just to show that after works with goes but not craves.

 

[jutfrank]

I think you can 'crave after something', but with a slightly different use. However, I think emsr2d2 is quite right that in this example, transitive crave, without any preposition, is probably what the speaker means.

Did you make this sentence up yourself, Barman?

 

[Barman]

I think you can 'crave after something', but with a slightly different use. However, I think emsr2d2 is quite right that in this example, transitive crave, without any preposition, is probably what the speaker means.

Did you make this sentence up yourself, Barman?

Yes.

 

[Tdol]

I think you can crave for something, just as you can crave something. I'm on medicine at the moment and cannot drink, but I am craving for a beer.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think you can crave for something, just as you can crave something. I'm on medicine at the moment and cannot drink, but I am craving for a beer.

Interesting, given that we're both BrE speakers. I would never say that; I would say only "I'm craving [a] beer".

 

[Tdol]

I've lost the use of one of my arms, and I am in a sling craving for a beer. We'll have to disagree on that. ;-)

 

[Tarheel]

Darn it, Tdol! Now I want a beer.
;-)

(I hope you get better soon. )