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I'm confused if I should use に or を in this sentence. (Also if は/が could fit
here).
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規則に違反してはいけない。に or を？
> 「規則{きそく} **に** 違反{いはん}してはいけない。」
>
> "One should not violate the rules."

Or more literally,

> "It is no good to violate the rules."

It technically needs to be 「に」 because 「違反する」 is an _**intransitive**_ verb.
Some people might actually use 「を」 instead in real life, but that would be a
substandard usage.

Using「が」 instead of 「に」 is impossible because 「規則」 is not the subject of the
sentence in the first place. The subject is unmentioned.

Using 「は」 would be "correct by popular vote". You will hear us say that. The
"more correct" way to use a 「は」 would be to do so together with 「に」 as in:

> 「規則 **には** 違反してはいけない。」
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