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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

An alarming number of teenagers are unhappy with their lives these days.

An alarming number of teenagers are unhappy with their lives these days.

Could I replace alarming with frightening or huge in the above statement? Thanks.
  

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Hi, An alarming number of teenagers are unhappy with their lives these days. Could I replace alarming with frightening To me, frightening sounds more extreme, more serious, than 'alarming'. 'Huge' and 'alarming' are different.

— Clive

  • Hi, An alarming number of teenagers are unhappy with their lives these days.
  • Could I replace alarming with frightening To me, frightening sounds more extreme, more serious, than 'alarming'.
  • 'Huge' and 'alarming' are different.
  • 3 earthquakes today in Toronto is an alarming number, but it is not a huge number.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

An alarming number of teenagers are unhappy with their lives these days.

Could I replace alarming with frightening To me, frightening sounds more extreme, more serious, than 'alarming'.

or huge No.'Huge' and 'alarming' are different. 3 earthquak
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Thanks, Clive, for your help.

I get it now.

By the way, could you think up a few alternatives for the word alarming in the base sentence?
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Hi,

could you think up a few alternatives for the word alarming in the base sentence?

Not with that precise meaning. If you want words that are 'similar', you could say 'frightening', as you suggested. Others would include worrisome surprising significant shocking troubling.

Clive
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Got it! Thanks, Clive.
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