powerless/ prompt

[fredreborn]

Hello

How do be/feel/ powerless to/ and prompt anger/ sound to you?:

ex:
Scotland will be powerless to defend itself (a title from the Telegraph)
Iraq’s government appears powerless to defend against ISIS advance
As a child, she had felt powerless to defend herself against his anger
[FONT=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/FONT]Murder of a teen in Surrey continues to prompt anger, outrage, and calls for change

[FONT=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]An American tells me that [/FONT]be/feel powerless to[FONT=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] is informal and that [/FONT]prompt anger[FONT=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] is a grammar mistake.[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]British and American opinions are welcome ![/FONT][FONT=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/FONT]

 

[SoothingDave]

They are all fine to me.

 

[bhaisahab]

Your American is wrong.

 

[fredreborn]

Thanks for answering

They all sounded good to me too, do you think there could be such a difference of understanding on such words between American and British English?

 

[SoothingDave]

Thanks for answering

They all sounded good to me too, do you think there could be such a difference of understanding on such words between American and British English?

No. I am American. Bhai is British.

Plus, these seem to be headlines, where pithiness is OK.

 

[bhaisahab]

I am English and SoothingDave is American.

 

[fredreborn]

Ok fine then I'm lucky, thank you so much both of you !