mourn over/for

over or for?
"We were mourning for (over?) our friend."

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Originally Posted by Оля

over or for?
"We were mourning for (over?) our friend."

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Both are acceptable, although I find 'over' sounds a bit strange to my ear. I think "mourn for" is much more common.

It can also be used without a preposition, by the way.
We were mourning our friend.

An example of all three variants:
http://newsbusters.org/node/5248
http://ani.autistics.org/dont_mourn.html
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/inde ... ist=jersey

Thanks.