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Abil Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Fearing / in fear of
Are both these sentences correct?
1. They went into hiding fearing arrest.
2. They went into hiding in fear of arrest.
1. They went into hiding fearing arrest.
2. They went into hiding in fear of arrest.
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Abil Are both these sentences correct? Yes.
- Abil Are both these sentences correct?
- Yes.
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AbilDo they carry the same meaning?In essence, yes. The second makes the fear a slightly more direct cause of the hiding, but that is merely a linguistic observation, not a practical difference.
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