«to join together» and «to join together», valid forms

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2023-07-27 11:15:24

To talk of the action of uniting or confederating several people with some objectiveson valid verbs coalesce y coaligate.

It is common to find in the media examples such as the following: “Both countries are on their way to allying with the United States to protect their satellites”, “The parties are preparing to ally in Cartagena” or “They refused to ally with the tricolor in the municipal elections ».

According to him Panhispanic dictionary of doubtsthese two verbs can be used interchangeably with the meaning of ‘join or ally’, although it indicates that coalescewhich is the etymological form, is less common today. The option written with a a after the o has formed, according to the academic dictionary, by influence of the noun coalition.

Therefore, the above examples are adequate.

It is also recalled that The governed preposition in these cases is conand not atherefore a statement such as the following would not be valid: «The opposition party will join the minor party voted in the elections», rather the appropriate thing would have been to write will coalesce with (o will coalesce with).

See also

coalesce (consultation)

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