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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
And it dawned on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel
Hi
Would you say that (in any broad context) these sentences would carry the same meaning - I mean the yellow parts?
And it dawned on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel.
And it flashed on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel
And it flitted through my mind that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel.
Thanks,
Tom
Would you say that (in any broad context) these sentences would carry the same meaning - I mean the yellow parts?
And it dawned on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel.
And it flashed on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel
And it flitted through my mind that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Only the first seems natural. The second seems wrong and the third seems effete.
- Only the first seems natural.
- The second seems wrong and the third seems effete.
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Only the first seems natural. The second seems wrong and the third seems effete.
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Hi,
Would you say that (in any broad context) these sentences would carry the same meaning - I mean the yellow parts?
And it dawned on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel.
This makes it seem like an important matter.
And it flashed on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel
To me, this is not idiomatic. I might say
Would you say that (in any broad context) these sentences would carry the same meaning - I mean the yellow parts?
And it dawned on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel.
This makes it seem like an important matter.
And it flashed on me that he was the man I'd seen in the hotel
To me, this is not idiomatic. I might say
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In addition to what Clive and MM have said, I would add that the first sentence suggests that you realized who he was only after a period of not realizing that. Neither Clive's reworded second sentence nor your third sentence really carry the same connotation.
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Yes, dictionaries can indeed be dangerous sometimes. And not just English ones.
You know, making it a point to use new vocabulary is the best way to get it firmly into your active vocabulary. I remember one time trying to use a new German word I'd recently looked up. My German friends looked at me as if I had three heads and asked me where on earth I'd heard that word. (As I r
You know, making it a point to use new vocabulary is the best way to get it firmly into your active vocabulary. I remember one time trying to use a new German word I'd recently looked up. My German friends looked at me as if I had three heads and asked me where on earth I'd heard that word. (As I r
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