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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

call forth/produce/cause/evoke/elicit

Hello,
I just found this sentence: "The sight of her calls forth bile and unbridled rage from within me." In the context of emotions, can we also use "produce/evoke/cause/elicit"? I am not sure whether elicit would work here, but I will put it on the list. Do the others sound okay?

Thank you
  

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Gene, this sentence is just too... too... too much.

— BarbaraPA

  • Gene, this sentence is just too...
  • too...
  • too much.
  • Unless you want to write like Jane Austen, try something like this: The sight of her makes me sick.
  • The very sight of her infuriates me.
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Gene, this sentence is just too... too... too much. Unless you want to write like Jane Austen, try something like this:
The sight of her makes me sick.
The very sight of her infuriates me.
Simply seeing her makes me furious.
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Hello, Barbara. I know it is, for which I apologize. I came across it this morning, so I am not the author. Emotion: smile It's more about the ver
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Well, first of all, please don't try to create sentences like this.
I'm happy to hear you're not the author. What is the source? Was the writer in this century?

The birth of their granddaughter was the source/cause of much joy.
I wouldn't use verb forms. If I had to, caused or elicited.
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Is there anything wrong with the verb forms, or you just prefer to use "source"? I hope you don't mind my asking.
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I prefer the nouns to the verbs because I don't really think of events as the subjects for a verb like "elicit" or "evoke" emotions. A smell, sight, sound... those may evoke emotions, and an action may elicit a responding action.

I'm sure it's just personal preference.
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