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Kl004535 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Resentment / resentfulness
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Question 1
Here are the example setences of these 2 words:
1. His eyes full of resentment is glaring at me.
2. The resentfulness of his eyes terrified me.
Do my examples clearly illustrate the distinction in meaning between these 2 nouns.
Question 2
1.He spends hours gazing out of the window when he should be working.
Because "out" is a prepositoin, is it all right that I would just say: gazing out the window in the above sentence?
Thank you.
Question 1
Here are the example setences of these 2 words:
1. His eyes full of resentment is glaring at me.
2. The resentfulness of his eyes terrified me.
Do my examples clearly illustrate the distinction in meaning between these 2 nouns.
Question 2
1.He spends hours gazing out of the window when he should be working.
Because "out" is a prepositoin, is it all right that I would just say: gazing out the window in the above sentence?
Thank you.
Top answer
1 - 1 The subject is plural and requires a plural verb: His eyes are glaring. Your sentences are okay, but they don't illustrate the difference between the two terms. In fact, you could swap them and the sense would still be the same.
- 1 - 1 The subject is plural and requires a plural verb: His eyes are glaring.
- Your sentences are okay, but they don't illustrate the difference between the two terms.
- In fact, you could swap them and the sense would still be the same.
- I recall reading an article about "out the window," but I can't find it.
- " I'm sorry I don't recall the exact details.
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1 - 1 The subject is plural and requires a plural verb: His eyes are glaring.
Your sentences are okay, but they don't illustrate the difference between the two terms. In fact, you could swap them and the sense would still be the same.
I recall reading an article about "out the window," but I can't find it.
It seems like this is one of the expressions where it's prefe
Your sentences are okay, but they don't illustrate the difference between the two terms. In fact, you could swap them and the sense would still be the same.
I recall reading an article about "out the window," but I can't find it.
It seems like this is one of the expressions where it's prefe
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