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Is it possible to say
They decided to rise prices?
or only they decided to raise prices?
They decided to rise prices?
or only they decided to raise prices?
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catryn said:
Prices rise, but people raise prices.
Rise = intransitive (no object)
Raise= transitive (takes an object)
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tdol said:
There are a couple of rare transitive uses of "rise".
One is to "rise" a fish -- to cause it to come to the surface.
The other is a nautical term, to "rise" a bit a land or other object above the horizon line by moving closer to it. :wink:
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