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Teal lime Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
The reason why you are SEEING this page.....
Please consider the following sentence:
The reason why you are SEEING this page is that you are trying to access telegraph.co.uk using a bookmark or
link which is no longer valid.
My question is this:
Would you please explain the use of "seeing" above? In other words, why is it "seeing" and not "viewing"?
Thank you.
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teal lime My question is this:Would you please explain the use of "seeing" above? In other words, why is it "seeing" and not "viewing"? Either verb is fine there.
- teal lime My question is this:Would you please explain the use of "seeing" above?
- In other words, why is it "seeing" and not "viewing"?
- Either verb is fine there.
- The author chose 'seeing', that is all.
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teal limeMy question is this:Would you please explain the use of "seeing" above? In other words, why is it "seeing" and not "viewing"?
Either verb is fine there. The author chose 'seeing', that is all.
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