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phrase 'to give help and sympathy someone' Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:24 am  phrase 'to give help and sympathy someone'
 

Hi,
When I looked up the word 'succour', here is what I found in the Longman Dictionary:

succour [literary]
succour (BrE)
succor (AmE)
to give help and sympathy someone

=> I find the underlined phrase so strange... Why isn't it 'to give help and sympathy to someone' or 'to give help and sympathise someone'? Do you think it's a typo?

Many thanks,
Nessie.
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phrase 'to give help and sympathy someone' Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:03 am  phrase 'to give help and sympathy someone'
 

Hi Nessie,

It certainly seems that way. You can either say: give someone help and sympathy or give help and sympathy to someone.

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