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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Get lost in/Drift into thought?

Do get lost in thought and drift into thought mean the same thing?

She gets lost in thought.

She drifts into thought

  

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anonymous She gets lost in thought. Natural and common. anonymous She drifts into thought Perfetly possible (if you end with a suitable mark of punctuation) but not at all the same as the first one.

  • anonymous She gets lost in thought.
  • Natural and common.
  • anonymous She drifts into thought Perfetly possible (if you end with a suitable mark of punctuation) but not at all the same as the first one.
  • When she drifts into thought, she unconsciously begins to think, which is a pretty odd thing to say however grammatical it is.
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anonymousShe gets lost in thought.

Natural and common.

anonymousShe drifts into thought

Perfetly possible (if you end with a suitable mark of punctuation) but not at all the same as the first one. When she drifts into thought, she unconsciously begins to think, which is a pretty odd thing to say however grammatical

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