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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
eye, eyes
She looked me straight in the eye, relishing the attention. A canny smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
“Please, Meg – draw the Devil.”
Without taking her eyes from mine, she licked a finger and thumb and turned elaborately to a fresh page.
Why do former ‘eye’ has singular form while the latter is plural?
“Please, Meg – draw the Devil.”
Without taking her eyes from mine, she licked a finger and thumb and turned elaborately to a fresh page.
Why do former ‘eye’ has singular form while the latter is plural?
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Look (someone) in the eye is an idiomatic expression in which the singular noun is more common. When we say take one’s eyes off (something or someone) , we almost always use the plural noun.
- Look (someone) in the eye is an idiomatic expression in which the singular noun is more common.
- When we say take one’s eyes off (something or someone) , we almost always use the plural noun.
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Look (someone) in the eye is an idiomatic expression in which the singular noun is more common. When we say take one’s eyes off (something or someone), we almost always use the plural noun.
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