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Fold scarf 101 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Eating up at me

1. This issue is eating up at me.


Is this grammatically correct?


(Things are so hard)

  

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Hi It's a good expression, but you don't have it quite right yet. The 'at' is not needed - This issue is eating me up - He was eaten up by guilt There are some variations - I can't bear the anxiety - it's eating me up inside Hope this may help, Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi It's a good expression, but you don't have it quite right yet.
  • The 'at' is not needed - This issue is eating me up - He was eaten up by guilt There are some variations - I can't bear the anxiety - it's eating me up inside Hope this may help, Dave
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Hi

It's a good expression, but you don't have it quite right yet. The 'at' is not needed

- This issue is eating me up

- He was eaten up by guilt

There are some variations

- I can't bear the anxiety - it's eating me up inside

Hope this may help, Dave

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