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TeacherJapan Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Are these expressions interchangeable?
A) in panic
B) in a panic
I don’t know how to differentiate them. Are they interchangeable?
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teacherJapan I don’t know how to differentiate them. Are they interchangeable? It's tricky.
- teacherJapan I don’t know how to differentiate them.
- Are they interchangeable?
- It's tricky.
- You might flee in panic, meaning you flee because you are panic-stricken.
- But you might flee in a panic, meaning you flee for an unstated reason but are in a state of panic while doing so.
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teacherJapanI don’t know how to differentiate them. Are they interchangeable?
It's tricky. You might flee in panic, meaning you flee because you are panic-stricken.
But you might flee in a panic, meaning you flee for an unstated reason but are in a state of panic while doing so.
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