Choose the word or group of words which best complete each of the following sentences.
The students are protesting ____________ the expulsion of their leader.
A. for B. against C. to D. on
Correct Answer: B
Explanation
The word 'protest' collocates with 'against', when it involves demonstration but may collocate with 'about' when it does not involve demonstration. Sometimes it is used without any collocation. But it does not collocate with for, to or \(\underline{n}\) at all. See examples below: big crowd of demonstrators were (i) protesting against cuts in health spending (ii) a lot of people protested about the new working hours (iii) all through the trial he protested his innocence.
