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Discover LudwigThe phrase "oppose against" is not grammatically correct in written English.
The word "oppose" already implies the idea of being against something, so using both "oppose" and "against" together would be redundant. You can simply use the word "oppose" on its own to convey the same meaning. Incorrect: The group will continue to oppose against the new policy. Correct: The group will continue to oppose the new policy. Here are some other examples of incorrect and correct usage: Incorrect: The politician's main goal is to oppose against his opponent. Correct: The politician's main goal is to oppose his opponent. Incorrect: The workers are planning to go on strike to oppose against their unfair treatment. Correct: The workers are planning to go on strike to oppose their unfair treatment.
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While senators from the anti-establishment Five Star Movement took off their jackets and ties in protest, fellow party members in the lower house walked out on Wednesday afternoon to oppose against the parliamentary suspension.
"Standing against Uefa has never been our aim, we wanted to oppose against the regulations which are obviously against the fair-play and the spirit of sport," explained Legia Warsaw chairman and co-owner Dariusz Mioduski.
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Was this a face To be opposed against the warring winds?
Labour remains dogmatically opposed, against all the evidence, to major public sector led recovery initiatives.
Predictably, Broadwater's bungle turned the few legislators who weren't already opposed against the proposal.
Oxford crashed 3-0 at Shrewsbury last Saturday and look worth opposing against County, who have beaten Yeovil and Lincoln in their last two games.
Her enduring love for Lear is evident at their tender and emotional reunion near the end of the play, when she cries, Was this a face To be opposed against the warring winds?
We know from both sides that in addition to sitting down to talk dirt on Clinton, there was a discussion about American adoptions of Russian children and sanctions the Russian government opposes against suspects of human rights abuses.
However, she wanted to be the only female voice of the band, and opposed against the introduction of another female vocalist, Angie Smith.
In all, we can hypothesize that E2F3 opposes against both apoptosis and autophagy.
This opposes against traditional large nursing homes, in which daily life is primarily organized around routines of the nursing home and which have often an institutional character [ 6].
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