Looks at/watches
Jack opens the present, which is a weird sculpture of something.
Owen: "I made it myself. Do you like it?"
Jack just watches the sculpture perplexed.
Jack: "Yeah, sure, but... what is it?"
Is "watches" correct here or should it be "looks at" or are both correct?
Top answer
If the sculpture was dynamic and went through a little charade routine, then "watch" would be OK. If Jack was assigned to guard the sculpture from guests who might do it damage, then "watch" would be OK. We watch movies, plays, a football game, TV, operas and children playing in a park.
- If the sculpture was dynamic and went through a little charade routine, then "watch" would be OK.
- If Jack was assigned to guard the sculpture from guests who might do it damage, then "watch" would be OK.
- We watch movies, plays, a football game, TV, operas and children playing in a park.
- We look at our watch, a painting, or Christmas decorations.
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If the sculpture was dynamic and went through a little charade routine, then "watch" would be OK.
If Jack was assigned to guard the sculpture from guests who might do it damage, then "watch" would be OK.
We watch movies, plays, a football game, TV, operas and children playing in a park.
We look at our watch, a painting, or Christmas decorations.
0Perplexed, Jack stares at the sculpture.
"Watched" implies some form of animation in what he is watching.
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