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Quaerereverum Posted 15 years ago
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Without looking

Hallo,
Which sentense do you think is correct?
 
1) Whitout looking the teacher in the eye, she asked '''May I have green pepper?'' 
2) Whitout looking at the teachers eyes, she asked '''May I have green pepper?'' 

I'm not sure , I think the verb '' look'' should be followed with the preposition ''at ''. Is the second sentence correct? 
Thank you.

  

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"Looking someone in the eye" and "looking at someone's eyes" are both possible, but they mean very different things. "Looking someone in the eye" means to look directly at them while they are looking directly at you, so that you make "eye contact" (which generally involves some kind of non-verbal communication). "Looking at someone's eyes" does not imply any sort of communication -- you might look at someone's eyes to see what color they are, for instance, but it does not suggest that the person is also looking at you.

— Khoff

  • "Looking someone in the eye" and "looking at someone's eyes" are both possible, but they mean very different things.
  • "Looking someone in the eye" means to look directly at them while they are looking directly at you, so that you make "eye contact" (which generally involves some kind of non-verbal communication).
  • "Looking at someone's eyes" does not imply any sort of communication -- you might look at someone's eyes to see what color they are, for instance, but it does not suggest that the person is also looking at you.
  • My guess is that in this example the first sentence is the more appropriate one, but it's hard to tell without some context.
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"Looking someone in the eye" and "looking at someone's eyes" are both possible, but they mean very different things. "Looking someone in the eye" means to look directly at them while they are looking directly at you, so that you make "eye contact" (which generally involves some kind of non-verbal communication). "Looking at someone's eyes" does not imply any sort of communication -- you might l
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