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<p>| Writing about | people | whose circumstances] | |were deplorable |, Dickens used the novel |to protest | social conditions in Victorian England. No Error</p>

<p>There's no error in this sentence, but I was pretty certain that [to protest] was incorrect. Shouldn't it be [to protest AGAINST] rather than [to protest]? Shouldn't there always be a preposition after "protest" when "protest" is used as a verb?</p>

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<p>Bumppppppppp</p>

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<p>there is no error.</p>

<p>to answer your question, TO PROTEST is used as a verb and does not require a preposition whilst, PROTEST AGAINST is used as a noun thus it has a preposition. Since the TO is there, a preposition is not required.</p>

<p>Plus, using TO PROTEST AGAINST sounds repetitive and a bit redundant.</p>

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<p>Oh, I get it now. Thanks so much for your help!!!</p>