Love at first sight

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Dear all Teachers,1) - Have you ever been in love at first sight?    - Have you ever fallen in love at first sight?-Which sentence is right?2)  - I went there alone.     - I went there on my own.    - I went there by myself.- Which sentence is right?3) What are you doing nowadays?- What does this mean?4) - She and he have been breaking up for 3 months.    -  She and he have been broken up for 3 months.- Which sentence is right?Thanks very much.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

1-- Have you ever fallen in love at first sight? I like this one; being takes too long, and love-at-first-sight is instantaneous.

2-- I went there alone / I went there on my own / I went there by myself. All are right, and usually synonymous; the last two however (to me) can also suggest that the person went there not only with no companion, but also unaided.

3-- What are you doing nowadays? A friendly way of asking another person either his/her current occupation, or more generally, his or her recent activities.

4-- She and he have been breaking up for 3 months / She and he have been broken up for 3 months. Both sentences are right, but they carry different meanings: in the first, they are still in the process of separating, while in the second they finished that process three months ago. (I would use they rather than he and she, I think.)

Pieanne · Answer

A question: "She and he have been broken up for 3 months". Wouldn't it be more common to say either "they broke up 3 monts ago" or "It's 3 months since they broke up"?

Rotter · Answer

What I find strange here is that people don't talk about love at second sight, love at third sight, etc; however it exists.

Goldmund · Answer

Dear Rotter,

It is perhaps the norm. Therefore we comment upon the exception, no?

Kind regards,

Goldmund

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