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usage of "alert" #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:00 am   usage of "alert"
 

“The academic office alerted English department chair of its poorest attendance. ”

This is written by one of my colleagues, who is also a non-native speaker of
English.

I understand that some of the verbs have “ Verb+ Noun + of ” pattern, such as “inform sb. of”, “warn sb. of”, “ assure sb. of”, etc. I have consulted several dictionaries including Longman dictionary, Cambridge dictionary, and Oxford dictionary, but none of them indicates that “alert” has such a verb pattern. I wonder whether the word “alert” was correctly used in the above sentence.

Your help would be highly appreicated.
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usage of "alert" #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:40 am   usage of "alert"
 

The pattern for the verb "alert" is Verb + Noun + to.

...alert somebody to something

"The academic office alerted the English department chair to its poorest attendance."
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