Someone is imparted with something

[EdisonBhola]

Can I say "her son is imparted with the concept that cheating is wrong"?

To put it another way, does the construction "someone is imparted with something" work?

Thanks a lot.

 

[JamesM]

No, I don't think so. Imparting is an action, not a state. You could say "She has imparted the concept to her son that cheating is wrong."

You might be confusing it with imbued. You could say "She has imbued her son with the concept that cheating is wrong."

 

[EdisonBhola]

Thanks, James. Can your sentence be rewritten in the passive? For example: "The concept that cheating is wrong has been imparted to her son."?

 

[JamesM]

Yes, but then we don't know that she was the one who imparted the concept.