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Q&A 'modulate for' - an unconventional but tolerated verb-preposition combination?

Omit for The problem is that modulate means that something modulates something else. Your sentence reads as if you want to say that the spiritual treatment might change the patient's already healt...

posted 7y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T23:01:19Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:19:05Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T07:19:05Z (about 5 years ago)
### Omit _for_

The problem is that _modulate_ means that something _modulates_ something else. Your sentence reads as if you want to say that the spiritual treatment might change the patient's already healthy body and mind, depending on the mental state of the patient. Therefore you can just use _modulate_ without any other word being necessary.

> his work is a spiritual treatment that in turn might modulate [for] the patient’s healthy body and mind

You wouldn't normally use _modulate_ together with _for_. In your example it sounds wrong and is difficult to read.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-29T11:47:40Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 1