The audience all stood up and acclaimed for him"Is it a correct sentence??if not , why?
My Amercian partner said the correct sentence should be "The audience all stood up and gave him their acclaim."
But my New Zealand partner said the correct sentence should be"The audience all stood up and acclaimed him"

I am confused what the right sentence is??And why??Thank you very much!

Question

The audience all stood up and acclaimed for him"Is it a correct sentence??if not , why?
My Amercian partner said the correct sentence should be "The audience all stood up and gave him their acclaim."
But my New Zealand partner said the correct sentence should be"The audience all stood up and acclaimed him"

I am confused what the right sentence is??And why??Thank you very much!

Answer

This could be down to different dialectal grammar, the American English dialect is different from other English dialects such as British English or NZ English. Just like in China where you have different dialects of Chinese (but of course not so obvious!).

For me, both of the sentences are acceptable, but if I had to choose either one, I'd choose the first one because it "sounds better". Sometimes there are no such fixed grammatical rules in a language, people just have their own personal idiolect.

Hope that answers your question!

Answer

To be honest, neither sounds right.

Surely the word that you want here is 'applaud'.

"The audience all stood up and applauded him."

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