Comments on: Geared toward https://plainenglish.com/expressions/geared-toward/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/geared-toward/#comment-1527 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:45:23 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=11893#comment-1527 In reply to Claudio.

Perfect, when using a verb after “toward” you want to make it an -ing verb. So you would say, “It’s geared toward protecting women from domestic violence.”

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/geared-toward/#comment-1525 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:44:28 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=11893#comment-1525 In reply to EVERSON ZIN.

Great example. I would say, “Last month they started administering the third dose. For now, it’s geared toward people over 70 years old.”

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/geared-toward/#comment-1520 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:56:37 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=11893#comment-1520 In Brazil there is a law called “Law Maria da Penha” it’s geared toward to protect women from domestic violence.

]]> By: EVERSON ZIN https://plainenglish.com/expressions/geared-toward/#comment-1518 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:40:57 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=11893#comment-1518 The vaccination here in Brazil continue to improve. Last month started the third dose for geared toward people above 70 years old.

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