For/against

[Allen165]

"Why the hate for/against George Bush?"

Are both "for" and "against" correct? I think they are.

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Why the hate for/against George Bush?"

Are both "for" and "against" correct? I think they are.

Thanks.

"Hate" is not really a noun. It's a verb. The noun is "hatred" although "hate" is increasingly being used as a noun.

You don't "hate for" someone. But you don't "hate against" someone either! You just "hate" someone.

However, you do "have hatred for" someone.

So to me "Why the hatred for George Bush?" would be correct.

 

[Allen165]

"Hate" is not really a noun. It's a verb. The noun is "hatred" although "hate" is increasingly being used as a noun.

You don't "hate for" someone. But you don't "hate against" someone either! You just "hate" someone.

However, you do "have hatred for" someone.

So to me "Why the hatred for George Bush?" would be correct.

I think it's acceptable to use "hate" as a noun, especially in informal contexts. But if you're going to use "hatred," the preposition that should follow it is, I think, "of."

See The Grammarphobia Blog Blog Archive What do you call a man-hater?

 

[philadelphia]

It would seem we could also use hatred of too. Eg What is very clear in these letters is Clark's passionate hatred of his father.

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[bertietheblue]

"Hate" is not really a noun. It's a verb. The noun is "hatred" although "hate" is increasingly being used as a noun.

Hate is a noun - there's no 'not really' involved. I can't think of any difference in meaning to 'hatred' (the Oxford English Dictionary gives both as mass nouns meaning 'intense dislike') but would be interested if someone could tell me a difference.

To add to the above, you can also say 'hatred towards' - 'I don't feel any hatred towards him anymore; I've learnt to accept him for what he is.'

 

[philadelphia]

To add to the above, you can also say 'hatred towards' - 'I don't feel any hatred towards him anymore; I've learnt to accept him for what he is.'

I am not sure whether hatred towards and hatred to mean the same - any idea? Maybe in spoken English