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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
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I had a fear for a snake. But now I don't have it anymore.
In this situation, can I say this?
To where has my fear gone? (This means, surprisingly my fear has gone to somewhere and don't have it now)
In this situation, can I say this?
To where has my fear gone? (This means, surprisingly my fear has gone to somewhere and don't have it now)
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I had a fear of snakes, but now I don't have it any more. " It is a rhetorical question; there is no place implied where your fear now is. Incidentally, we lose a fear; you would have lost your fear of snakes.
- I had a fear of snakes, but now I don't have it any more.
- " It is a rhetorical question; there is no place implied where your fear now is.
- Incidentally, we lose a fear; you would have lost your fear of snakes.
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I had a fear of snakes, but now I don't have it any more. In this situation, can I say this: "To where has my fear gone?" (This means that, surprisingly, my fear has gone somewhere, and I don't have it now.)
Yes, with a modification to make it idiomatic: "Where has my fear gone?" It is a rhetoric
Yes, with a modification to make it idiomatic: "Where has my fear gone?" It is a rhetoric
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Thank you for your reply..
By the way, I didn't understand this part clearly: "Yes, with a modification to make it idiomatic: "Where has my fear gone?"
Does that mean I shouldn't add "to" in "To where has my fear gone?"
By the way, I didn't understand this part clearly: "Yes, with a modification to make it idiomatic: "Where has my fear gone?"
Does that mean I shouldn't add "to" in "To where has my fear gone?"
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