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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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afraid at

0is the expressin "afraid at" correct02br
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00if it is correct please send me examples sentences02br
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00Thank you, 02br
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0Not as a phrasal verb.02br
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00I become afraid at the thought of spiders.02br
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00is the expressi11b10o12b10n "afraid at" correct12blockquote
10Yes, but not when followed by the very thing that causes the fear.02br
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01i00I'm afraid 01b00of02b00 snakes.02i00 Snakes cause my fear.02br
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0<Yes, but not when followed by the very thing that causes the fear.>02br
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00I'm afraid 01b00at his side02b00.02br
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0Milky, 02br
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00Unless you are suggesting that it is the person’s side that is causing the fear, I fail to get your point here.00 00The expression “at his side” means “being with him”.00 00The ‘at’ in this sentence clearly belongs to that (in precisely the same way as some of your previous examples include phrases such as “at the
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01cite10Milky12cite10<Yes, but not when followed by the very thing that causes the fear.>12br
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10I'm afraid 11b10at his side12b10.12br
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10One needs the comma here:02br
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0I disagree with you, Marius.00 00To me, “I am afraid at his side” with no comma would not mean “I am afraid of his side”.00 00I would not expect to see a comma in here at all.00 00I’m a native BrE speaker, and perhaps things are different in other places.02br
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00Lil’ Ruby Rose0-
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0<Judging by some of your other posts, I can see that you feel your role is to stimulate debate and to challenge the orthodoxy of “teaching Standard English”. >02br
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00Whose Standard? 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Milky, 12br
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10Judging by some of your other posts, I can see that you feel your role is to stimulate debate and to challenge the orthodoxy of “teaching Standard English”.10 10I have no problem with this where you start a separate
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11blockquote
11cite20Milky22cite20<Yes, but not when followed by the very thing that causes the fear.>22br
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20I'm afraid 21b20at his side22b20.22br
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20One needs the co
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0<The ‘at’ in this sentence clearly belongs to that (in precisely the same way as some of your previous examples include phrases such as “at the moment” and “at the same time”.)>02br
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01i00Of spiders, I'm afraid.02i02br
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01i00At the thought of being alone, I'm afraid.02i02br
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