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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| approve (v.) |
| is both transitive and intransitive (His family approved his decision to marry. His whole family approves). But American English in particular also favors the high-frequency Standard idiom with of (We all approve of Sally, the young woman he hopes to marry). | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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