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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
fear/ be feared
1. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents fearing that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
2. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents who fear that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
3. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents who are fearing that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
4. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents (who are) feared that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
5. All his employees fear him.
6. He is feared by all his employees.
Q) Considering the verb fear in passive voice in #6, I was wondering the underlined part in #4 doesn't sound natural.
Does it sound okay but wrong gramatically?
2. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents who fear that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
3. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents who are fearing that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
4. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents (who are) feared that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
5. All his employees fear him.
6. He is feared by all his employees.
Q) Considering the verb fear in passive voice in #6, I was wondering the underlined part in #4 doesn't sound natural.
Does it sound okay but wrong gramatically?
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moon7296 Q) Considering the verb fear in passive voice in #6, I was wondering the underlined part in #4 doesn't sound natural. It's because nobody fears the residents, so they are not feared.
- moon7296 Q) Considering the verb fear in passive voice in #6, I was wondering the underlined part in #4 doesn't sound natural.
- It's because nobody fears the residents, so they are not feared.
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moon7296Q) Considering the verb fear in passive voice in #6, I was wondering the underlined part in #4 doesn't sound natural.It's because nobody fears the residents, so they are not feared.
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7. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents (who are) feared by the fact that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.
Q) Then, can't we think of it like this?
"The fact that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk" fears the r
Q) Then, can't we think of it like this?
"The fact that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk" fears the r
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moon72967. The Cheverly Police have been receiving numerous complaints from residents (who are) feared by the fact that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk.Q) Then, can't we think of it like this?"The fact that they are going to hit a pedestrian as a result of those individuals not walking on the sidewalk" fears
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Ah ha!!!!!!!!!!!
Although frighten and fear are synonymous, they are not used in the same context, are they?
Although frighten and fear are synonymous, they are not used in the same context, are they?
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moon7296Although frighten and fear are synonymous, they are not used in the same context, are they?They are not synonymous. If you fear someone, you are afraid of them. If you frighten someone, they are afraid of you.
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