Spread love ________ the world

[stevepham]

Hello everyone, I having problems with this grammar structure
I want to say I want to share love with everyone in the world.

Spread love ______ the world.
but I do not know which preposition should be applied in the case.

Should I use spread love throughout the world. - spread love to the world ?

 

[owlman5]

Should I use spread love throughout the world.

I vote for "throughout" in this sentence. Other prepositions are possible: in the world/through the world

 

[flamboyant lad]

Will it be incorrect if I say "spread love over the world"?

 

[owlman5]

That isn't an ordinary thing to say, flamboyant lad. You can use that version if you are trying to sound poetic. Your version requires the listener to picture the world as something like an apple that people can cover in caramel.

 

[sound shift]

When I had seen only the title of the thread, my immediate reaction was "around". I haven't changed my mind now that I've seen the posts above this one.

 

[flamboyant lad]

My dictionary tells me I can use these preposition (throughout,over,round,around,all over,all around,across)interchangeably in the following sentence & they mean "in the whole extent of; everywhere"
Climate change will be a problem over the world.

 

[owlman5]

Speakers might use different prepositions to express different views of "the world".

I'm not sure, but sound shift probably views the world as an orb. "Around" makes sense if you are thinking of "the world" as something like "the planet."

Other interpretations of "the world" are possible. If you think of the world as "all the people in the world", then it makes sense to use "in the world" or "throughout the world".

"Over the world" is the most unlikely and poetic. To spread love "over the world", "love" needs to be something like paint. "The world" needs to be some kind of object that you can spread this liquid "love" over.

 

[aaronsun666]

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2975646
relevant thread

 

[stevepham]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your answer all
@Flamboy: WOuld you mind sharing the dictionary used by you with me please !! I really need it for explanation in case of problems of other words

 

[velisarius]

My dictionary tells me I can use these preposition (throughout,over,round,around,all over,all around,across)interchangeably in the following sentence & they mean "in the whole extent of; everywhere"
Climate change will be a problem over the world.

I think you'll find that the correct expression is "all over the world".
Climate change will be a problem all over the world.
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/ALLOVER

 

[Parla]

You could also spread love to the world. Which preposition you use with that phrase is entirely a matter to style/choice, not grammar.

 

[flamboyant lad]

I think you'll find that the correct expression is "all over the world".
Climate change will be a problem all over the world.
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/ALLOVER

If you believe the example I gave was incorrect then check out the following link.
http://www.wordwebonline.com/search.pl?w=over

 

[velisarius]

That's very odd f.l. I'm sorry for implying you might have failed to copy your sentence carefully. My link, which looks to be to the same site, has "all over the world". What can I say? Some websites are just not reliable, though even at reliable sites mistakes or typos can occur.