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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of this "snapped"
Hi,
I have two questions in the writing below.
Though she seemed old at the time, the agent was most likely fresh out of college. She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question: "So, which do you like better, State or Carolina? "
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"I see." She led me through an unmarked door near the principal's office, into a small, windowless room furnished with two facing desks. It was the kind of room where you'd grill someone until they snapped, the kind frequently painted so as to cover the bloodstains. She gestured toward what was to become my regular seat, then continued her line of questioning.
1) Is there a fundamental different between "look old", "appear old" and "seem old"?
2) It is a humorous line, and what does this "snapped" mean? When I look it up, they basically says, "shouting aloud" but can this mean like "confessing"?
Thank you,
M
I have two questions in the writing below.
Though she seemed old at the time, the agent was most likely fresh out of college. She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question: "So, which do you like better, State or Carolina? "
***
"I see." She led me through an unmarked door near the principal's office, into a small, windowless room furnished with two facing desks. It was the kind of room where you'd grill someone until they snapped, the kind frequently painted so as to cover the bloodstains. She gestured toward what was to become my regular seat, then continued her line of questioning.
1) Is there a fundamental different between "look old", "appear old" and "seem old"?
2) It is a humorous line, and what does this "snapped" mean? When I look it up, they basically says, "shouting aloud" but can this mean like "confessing"?
Thank you,
M
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mitsuwao23 1) Is there a fundamental different between "look old", "appear old" and "seem old"? g. "From speaking to him over the phone, he seemed old".
- mitsuwao23 1) Is there a fundamental different between "look old", "appear old" and "seem old"?
- g.
- "From speaking to him over the phone, he seemed old".
- Otherwise there doesn't appear to be much difference to me.
- mitsuwao23 2) It is a humorous line, and what does this "snapped" mean?
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mitsuwao231) Is there a fundamental different between "look old", "appear old" and "seem old"?Well, "seem old" could be used in non-visual situations unlike the other two, e.g. "From speaking to him over the phone, he seemed old". Otherwise there doesn't appear to be much difference to me.
mitsuwao232) It is a humorous line,
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Thank you for the reply.
So do you think seem can include the meaing of "look"? because it says,
She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question:
To make myself clear, I'm wondering what the author is trying to describe. Looked old, makes perfect sense to me but "seemed old" in her presence doesn't. (over the phone it d
So do you think seem can include the meaing of "look"? because it says,
She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question:
To make myself clear, I'm wondering what the author is trying to describe. Looked old, makes perfect sense to me but "seemed old" in her presence doesn't. (over the phone it d
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Yes I do. Actually I should amend what I previously said: for me, 'seemed' can be used in purely non-visual situations unlike the other two; 'appear' can refer to non-visual items too, but in conjunction with visual.
Personally I would say either 'seemed' or 'appeared' would be OK, but 'looked' not so much. Her age was assumed based not just on her looks, but the way she walked and the wa
Personally I would say either 'seemed' or 'appeared' would be OK, but 'looked' not so much. Her age was assumed based not just on her looks, but the way she walked and the wa
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