Menggunakan "Prevent"

Prevent sering kali diikuti oleh kata sifat kepemilikan (possessive adjective) + gerund atau objek + from + gerund. Prevent juga dapat diikuti oleh gerund secara langsung saat subjek tidak diperlukan. Prevent juga dapat diikuti oleh kata benda.

Contoh
  • You can't prevent my leaving.
  • You can't prevent me from leaving.
  • I want to prevent his getting sick.
  • I want to prevent him from getting sick.
  • This campaign is designed to prevent drowning.
  • Preventing stealing is our main goal this year.
  • We are working to prevent forest fires.
  • This vaccine will prevent malaria.