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Mickypenna Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

to cuddle

I'm concerned about the use of this verb.
Are the following sentences correct?
1) let's cuddle together 2) I want to cuddle with you 3) cuddle your teddy bear
Thanks.
  

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All three are correct.

  • All three are correct.
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All three are correct.
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Blue Jay All three are correct.
I'll take your word for it, but the first two do not sound natural to me. Advanced age and cuddlephobia may have a bearing on this.
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Hi,
As my friend, Blue Jay mentioned, all are correct, I want to add that, in spoken English, it is common to drop out "together" and "with you" from your first two sentences such that if I am sitting beside my girlfriend on a couch, I would say;

1. Let's cuddle
2. I wanna cuddle

Hamid
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hrsaneiif I am sitting beside my girlfriend on a couch, I would say; 1. Let's cuddle 2. I wanna cuddle
Hmmm. It may be the advanced age thing again, but I am sure that I have never uttered such words. They sound very unnatural to me. The transition from not-cuddling to cuddling is not normally, in my experience, signposted with suggestions. Actions spea
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I agree that cuddling happens naturally, and asking for it strikes me as odd. I am thinking of a context that I would say it without being weird, I came up with this
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I was just about to say that I wonder if this is an AmE/BrE difference. I just tried out all three on a couple of Americans, and they commented that they wouldn't expect to hear them every day, but they didn't think them inherently unnatural.
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Thank you all. These sentences refer to me and my daughter. I "ask" her to cuddle, as a game. She is 1 and I'm introducing English in our playtime. This situation could seem less odd now, compared to adults sweet moments!!!!
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mickypennaAre the following sentences correct?1) let's cuddle together 2) I want to cuddle with you 3) cuddle your teddy bear
As I see it, if you drop "together", they're all fine.

Compare: They shook hands together.

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