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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Afraid of/to
-I am afraid of telling him the truth lest it should dampen his spirits.
Dictionaries say that if afraid means worried, you could use afraid of sth/to do sth; but I think they are not interchangeable all the time, and for example, do you think using afraid to tell would be wrong?
Dictionaries say that if afraid means worried, you could use afraid of sth/to do sth; but I think they are not interchangeable all the time, and for example, do you think using afraid to tell would be wrong?
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OttoJ do you think using afraid to tell would be wrong? No; it would have the same meaning; you may use either.
- OttoJ do you think using afraid to tell would be wrong?
- No; it would have the same meaning; you may use either.
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OttoJ do you think using afraid to tell would be wrong?No; it would have the same meaning; you may use either.
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