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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

stricken with sadness / sorrow

When the panda came to know that the girl had been killed, trying to save his life, he was stricken with sadness / sorrow.



Are both the nouns in bold correctly used in the sentence?


  

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I would say so, yes. CJ

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I would say so, yes.

CJ
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CalifJimI would say so, yes.

CJ

Hi CJ

I think 'grief' could also fit into the blank. Do you think so?
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Yes, "grief" is more particularly about someone being killed. As for sadness and sorrow, you can feel sadness about something that doesn't involve you directly, like a sad event you hear about in the news, while my feeling is that sorrow also gives a sense of personal regret, as in the example about the panda.
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