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Scrooge706 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Eye or eyes

differences?when to use?

got confused. we say "catch my eye"but "rivet my eyes",yes?so why?

  

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Scrooge706 why? No reason. That is just the way we say it in certain fixed expressions and not the other way.

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  • Scrooge706 why?
  • No reason.
  • That is just the way we say it in certain fixed expressions and not the other way.
  • There are lots of things like that: turn one's hand to have an ear for set foot in put tooth to etc.
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Scrooge706why?

No reason. That is just the way we say it in certain fixed expressions and not the other way. There are lots of things like that:

turn one's hand to

have an ear for

set foot in

put tooth to

etc.

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Scrooge706"rivet my eyes"

This is not familiar to all English speakers.

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