2009/04/04

How to use "patrol"

We were having a discussion today about this article:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/japan.pirates/

Somebody said "The Self Defense Force can patrol pirates". The mistake is that the verb "patrol" should be used with a place, like this:
  • Police patrol rich neighborhoods often.
  • Police don't patrol my neighborhood often enough, so it's not safe.
  • It seems my boss is always patrolling our office, so I can't relax.
So, to correct the sentence above:
  • The Self Defense Force can patrol the coast to catch pirates.

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