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Diego Simão Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
What is the usage of "cause"?
0 I've ever posted a thread about "disappointed" and "disappointment". Someone writed this sentence: He/She caused me a great disappointment. I think many other words can instead of 'disappointment", for example: excitement. I want to know: what's the usage of cause? Is there a native Englishman who could answer the question? 0-
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0 In the sentence "He/She caused me a great disappointment", 'caused' means something has happened that has resulted in something else. But, in English we wouldn't say "He/She caused me a great disappointment". We would say "I was really/very/extremely disappointed with him/her".
- 0 In the sentence "He/She caused me a great disappointment", 'caused' means something has happened that has resulted in something else.
- But, in English we wouldn't say "He/She caused me a great disappointment".
- We would say "I was really/very/extremely disappointed with him/her".
- 02 br 02 br 00 A better example of the use of 'caused' might be: "His dangerous driving caused an accident", or, "The accident was caused by his dangerous driving".
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0 In the sentence "He/She caused me a great disappointment", 'caused' means something has happened that has resulted in something else. But, in English we wouldn't say "He/She caused me a great disappointment". We would say "I was really/very/extremely disappointed with him/her". 02 br
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00 A better example of the use of 'caused' might be: "His dangerous driving caused an a
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00 A better example of the use of 'caused' might be: "His dangerous driving caused an a
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00 Someone / thing has caused + object + quantifier + noun 00 – is a normal structure. But in terms of [disappointment], it seems rather odd. 00 00 Tidus is correct. I ‘d rather say “I am disappointed in you”. 00 You can say 00 "my son has 00 caused me a great deal of [pain]/ 00 00 [heartaches]/ 00 00 [troubles] 00 over the
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00 Someone / thing has caused + object + quantifier + noun 00 – is a normal structure. But in terms of [disappointment], it seems rather odd. 00 00 Tidus is correct. I ‘d rather say “I am disappointed in you”. 00 You can say 00 "my son has 00 caused me a great deal of [pain]/ 00 00 [heartaches]/ 00 00 [troubles] 00 over the
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0 Don't forget that it's not always about us, though, by which I mean the first person. 02 br
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00 In the first person, 01 i 00 I was disapointed 02 i 00 does sound much more natural, but in the third person, to cause disappointment seems completely normal. 02 br
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00 His father's habit of working late, even on birthdays and other special
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00 In the first person, 01 i 00 I was disapointed 02 i 00 does sound much more natural, but in the third person, to cause disappointment seems completely normal. 02 br
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00 His father's habit of working late, even on birthdays and other special
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