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Hsinchu Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

You look like you really don't want to go

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00or should I say " It looks like you really don't want to go."0-
  

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0 Hi Hsinchu02br
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00Welcome to the forums! I agree with GG. However, those who align with the old grammatical school may want you to say:02br
01i00You look 01b00as if / as though02b00 you really don't want to go.02i02br
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00This is because in the old days it wasn't consedered good grammar to have a c
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0 I prefer 01i00It looks like ...02i02br
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0I prefer "It looks like....." too.02br
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00But is"You look like you really don't ...." correct usage?0-
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0Again, I think so. If I'm looking at the person's face and she looks unhappy at the prospect of going (wherever it is we are going), what's wrong with that? You are talking about the person's actual appearance, not the fact that she has, for example, barricaded herself in the bathroom after nailing a sign on the door that says "You can't make me go!" (Then," it would look like...")02br
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00is"You look like you really don't ...." correct usage?12blockquote
10Yes, but it seems more intimate to me, more like a personal comment about the person you're speaking to. 01i00It looks like02i00 is more of a comment on the objective evidence than on the person's appearance.02br
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