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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"looked around at what he saw"



Muhammad thought about what he learned during his life and travels. When he returned home, he looked around at what he saw in his own land and he became troubled. He saw that many of the people still worshiped many gods.
(1) Does "what he saw" refer to what he had seen during his previous travels abroad?

(2) Can we replace "looked around" with "saw" or the likes?
  

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1) No. it refers to in his own land 2) No look and see are not the same Search with look see (top right Search corner) to get some related threads

  • 1) No.
  • it refers to in his own land 2) No look and see are not the same Search with look see (top right Search corner) to get some related threads
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1) No.
it refers to in his own land

2) No
look and see are not the same
Search with
look see
(top right Search corner)
to get some related threads
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It doesn't refer to his previous travels, no.

It's somewhat redundant to say looked around at what he saw.
It means that he observed (looked around at) the situation (what he saw) in his own land.

CJ
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Thanks,

to look belongs to consciousness, while

to see belongs to unconsciousness.

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