Denounce is commonly followed by as when you describe the role, identity, or nature of someone or something. By is usually not a complement after denounce, though by can appear separately in a sentence.
Use denounce as to describe what someone or something is condemned or labelled as. Denounce by is not a standard verb-preposition pattern. However, by may appear separately to introduce the person performing the action in passive sentences or a method.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use as after denounce to state the label, identity, or quality assigned to the target.
Denounce can take a direct object without a following preposition.
By is used separately in passive constructions to identify the critic, not as a complement selected by denounce.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Denounce does not normally take by to express the accusation or label.
✕ They denounced him by a criminal. ✓ They denounced him as a criminal.Denounce can take a direct object without a preposition.
✕ She denounced against the decision. ✓ She denounced the decision.In passive sentences, by introduces the person making the criticism.
✕ The law was denounced as activists. ✓ The law was denounced by activists.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes, in passive sentences such as was denounced by critics. Here by introduces the agent, not a fixed verb-preposition pattern.
Yes. It is standard when you describe someone or something with a negative label, such as denounced as dangerous.
Yes. You can directly denounce an action, policy, or person.
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