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'Look in my eyes' vs 'look me in the eyes'
What's the between the following two sentences? Are they both correct?
1- Look in my eyes and tell me what you think about me.
2- Look me in the eyes and tell me what you think about me.
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cat desk 1- Look in my eyes and tell me what you think about me. "Look into my eyes" is usual, so much so that "look in my eyes" sounds wrong to me although it isn't, exactly. I would ask you to look in my eyes if I thought I had pieces of sawdust in them.
- cat desk 1- Look in my eyes and tell me what you think about me.
- "Look into my eyes" is usual, so much so that "look in my eyes" sounds wrong to me although it isn't, exactly.
- I would ask you to look in my eyes if I thought I had pieces of sawdust in them.
- cat desk 2- Look me in the eyes and tell me what you think about me.
- You look someone in the eye, not eyes, and it is almost figurative.
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cat desk1- Look in my eyes and tell me what you think about me.
"Look into my eyes" is usual, so much so that "look in my eyes" sounds wrong to me although it isn't, exactly. I would ask you to look in my eyes if I thought I had pieces of sawdust in them.
cat desk2- Look me in the eyes and tell me what you think about me.
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