There are some transitive verbs with very few acceptable direct objects. For instance, the only thing to suborn is perjury, and the only thing to foment is rebellion. Can anyone think of any others?
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First off, it's suborn. As in "to suborn witnesses", according to Webster's.
Many uses of both, although not lots and lots. Just google and you'll see. Certainly the two offerings you suggest are most popular, but you can foment conflict among other things.
Thank you for the English trivia. I went searching after reading in Net News Wire. But I won't repeat the comments above. But it was interesting.
wreak springs to mind. (Of which no one remembers that the past tense is wrought.)
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