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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
About the word 'scary'
I felt scary to the dog. Is this grammatically correct?
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Anonymous I felt scary to the dog. Is this grammatically correct? No.
- Anonymous I felt scary to the dog.
- Is this grammatically correct?
- No.
- This is a common mistake of Japanese learners.
- 'Scary' refers to the object, not to the observer.
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AnonymousI felt scary to the dog. Is this grammatically correct?No. This is a common mistake of Japanese learners. 'Scary' refers to the object, not to the observer.
These are childlike utterances:
The dog was scary.
I was scared of the dog.
These are adult utterances:
The dog was frightening.
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