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Re: achieve/acquire/get/win the right to vote
From:
"William J. McCleary" <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:39:51 -0500
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Your colleague is not correct. "Won" may be the best choice, but all of the
others could be used by native speakers of English.

>Dear everyone
>
>Today, I want to ask about the collocation of the noun "right".
>One of my colleagues insists that in the following sentence
>native speakers use "win" but not other synonyms such as "achieve",
>"acquire",
>"get", "obtain".
>Is ir true?
>
>It was only after the First World War that women in Britain won the right
>to vote.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>SIRAISI Tomio


William J. McCleary
3247 Bronson Hill Road
Livonia, NY 14487
716-346-6859

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