Books teach teen Calibans to curse

[Dan Goncharoff]

I suggest this usage is influenced by the use of the terms "advocacy group"
and "advocacy organization", which are applied to groups that may be for or
against something.

DanG


On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Also notice the construction, "she doesn't advocate for censorship."
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> Now, if I'd had to guess, my guess would have been that to "advocate for"
> means to head for the public fora with one's advocacy, rather than simply
> to "advocate" or personally recommend.  But then I'm not a native
> Inglish-speaker.
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