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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

With curiosity

Is this sentence correct:



"I saw him opening and fumbling all drawers, so I asked him, with curiosity: "What are you looking for?"



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"with curiosity" is OK in itself. I would use a comma rather than a colon. The first part of the sentence is not right.

— GPY

  • "with curiosity" is OK in itself.
  • I would use a comma rather than a colon.
  • The first part of the sentence is not right.
  • The verb "fumble" is intransitive, and "all drawers" reads oddly.
  • It's possible anyway that you may not mean "fumbling".
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"with curiosity" is OK in itself. I would use a comma rather than a colon.

The first part of the sentence is not right. The verb "fumble" is intransitive, and "all drawers" reads oddly. It's possible anyway that you may not mean "fumbling". You may mean "I saw him opening and rummaging through (all) the drawers". "all" is probably not necessary.

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Christine ChristieIs this sentence correct

Not completely.

I saw him rummaging through the drawers, so I asked him what he was looking for.

Asking implies curiosity, so there's no good reason to write "ask with curiosity". Here are the more usual verbs that are followed by "with curiosity". Most of them have to do with looking, though I suppos

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