Avail vs avail of

[Talab1234]

1. They want to avail the tax amnesty.
2. They want to avail of the tax amnesty.


Do you always use “ of” with avail?

Are these both grammatically correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

Talab, you've been a member long enough to know that we want to know the source and context of any text you quote.

They sound ungrammatical to me.

I'd say 'They want to avail themselves of the tax amnesty', but I've heard other people use 'avail' differently, so we may get other opinions.