1、deserve後面通常接不定式。例如：He deserves to succeed. 和 He deserves to be punished. 有時接於主動語態而在意思上是被動的動名詞。例如：The old man deserves looking after. 和 The naughty boy deserves warning.
2、deserve 後面接名詞，中間不可加of，如可以説 He deserves a reward，不可説 He deserves of a reward。但 deserving（現在分詞用作adv）後面接 of。例如：He is deserving of a reward. 和 The second point in his criticism is especially deserving of notice. （注意 is deserving 並不是進行時態。）又 deserve well of 和 deserve ill of 兩習語裏都有 of。例如：He deserves well of the people. （他有功於人民。）和 He deserves ill of the people. （他有罪於人民。）
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