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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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guard, watch, look after, baby sit a child, take care of, care for
Helllo,
I want to express.: My mum is looking for my son when I have to go to work.
Can I also use the verbs "guard, watch, baby sit, take care of, care for" in this context without changing the meaning?
Thank you for your answers Mowgli
I want to express.: My mum is looking for my son when I have to go to work.
Can I also use the verbs "guard, watch, baby sit, take care of, care for" in this context without changing the meaning?
Thank you for your answers Mowgli
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To 'look for' someone or something is to search for them when they are lost. I do hope your mum doesn't lose your son while you are at work... The sentence should read 'My mum looks after my son while I am at work' or 'My mum looks after my son when I have to go to work'.
- To 'look for' someone or something is to search for them when they are lost.
- I do hope your mum doesn't lose your son while you are at work...
- The sentence should read 'My mum looks after my son while I am at work' or 'My mum looks after my son when I have to go to work'.
- guard is a bit extreme for this context - prison guards guard the prisoners, dogs guard the house against intruders.
- baby sit - yes you could use this, but it normally refers to evenings, looking after kids while the parents are out.
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To 'look for' someone or something is to search for them when they are lost. I do hope your mum doesn't lose your son while you are at work...
The sentence should read 'My mum looks after my son while I am at work' or 'My mum looks after my son when I have to go to work'.
guard is a bit extreme for this context - prison guards guard the prisoners, dogs guard the house against in
The sentence should read 'My mum looks after my son while I am at work' or 'My mum looks after my son when I have to go to work'.
guard is a bit extreme for this context - prison guards guard the prisoners, dogs guard the house against in
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Thank you for your answer, it helped me a lot.
At the end a question concerning baby sit and watch.
I have found in a dictionary that baby sit, means to take care of a child and get money for it. Is it true? If it´s true, I couldn´t use it about my mum in this sentence because she doesn´t earn money when she looks after my son.
*** My mum baby sits my son when I have to
At the end a question concerning baby sit and watch.
I have found in a dictionary that baby sit, means to take care of a child and get money for it. Is it true? If it´s true, I couldn´t use it about my mum in this sentence because she doesn´t earn money when she looks after my son.
*** My mum baby sits my son when I have to
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My mum baby sits my son when I have to go to work
This is good. You are right, we would normally expect to pay a baby-sitter, some one who looks after your children without payment could still be baby sitting, especially when you're talking about mothers. From reading this sentence, I would not expect you to be paying your mother, because I already know grandmothers normally d
This is good. You are right, we would normally expect to pay a baby-sitter, some one who looks after your children without payment could still be baby sitting, especially when you're talking about mothers. From reading this sentence, I would not expect you to be paying your mother, because I already know grandmothers normally d
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