Talk:speak highly

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RFM discussion: August 2020–September 2023[edit]

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Move to speak highly of.

I have yet to find usage at Google NGrams that has this expression without a following PP headed by of.

At OneLook no lemming has this, whereas two have speak highly of. DCDuring (talk) 01:29, 14 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speak highly about; speak highly regarding? I see some examples of these. — SGconlaw (talk) 02:28, 11 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Not moved; I added a bunch of citations where it's followed by things other than of. - -sche (discuss) 17:15, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply