Difference between "watching" and "looking at"?
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1. Is there a difference between "watches" and "looks at" in this context? And which do you prefer?
2. Is "abruptly" placed correctly?
Tom turns on the radio. His wife starts singing along to the music. Tom watches/looks at her for a moment, then abruptly turns the music back off.
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Both of the words have various meanings in the dictionary, but here is how I interpret them in this context. Tom watches her for a moment, then abruptly turns the music back off. T his sounds like he did it deliberately, like he was observing her .
- Both of the words have various meanings in the dictionary, but here is how I interpret them in this context.
- Tom watches her for a moment, then abruptly turns the music back off.
- T his sounds like he did it deliberately, like he was observing her .
- Tom looks at he r for a moment, then abruptly turns the music back off.
- ' Is "abruptly" placed correctly?
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Both of the words have various meanings in the dictionary, but here is how I interpret them in this context.
Tom watches her for a moment, then abruptly turns the music back off. This sounds like he did it deliberately, like he was observing her.
Tom looks at her for a moment, then abruptly turns the music back off. This sounds like 'he turned his
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