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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Inspire , inspiration

Hello,

Which one is proper?

''Her attitude has always inspired me to look up to her and follow her footsteps.''

''Her attitude was always my inspiration to look up to her and follow her footsteps.''

Thank you in advance
  

Top answer

Only the first one works. " Somehow your second example seems a bit circular: She was my inspiration to be inspired by her.

— Avangi

  • Only the first one works.
  • " Somehow your second example seems a bit circular: She was my inspiration to be inspired by her.
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Only the first one works. ("Follow in her footsteps" is also quite common.)

You could say "She was always my inspiration (period)"
or, "She was always my inspiration (to do something else)."

Somehow your second example seems a bit circular: She was my inspiration to be inspired by her.
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Thank you Avangi for explanation. The first sentence was from myself, but the second one was told by a native English speaker.
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Your second sentence is grammatical.

I guess I can't say that a native speaker wouldn't say it. Emotion: smile

It just seems li
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