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Discussion Groups / English Usage / August 2010King: to look/looking
Hello: Are "she knew _to look_ down there for too long would bring on nausea" and "she knew _looking_ down there for too long would bring on nausea" equally good here? ---- The whole valley floor was spread out below them, the slopes that they had climbed in the laboring bug falling away with such dizzying suddenness that she knew to look down there for too long would bring on nausea and eventual vomiting. Stephen King, The Shining ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu >Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >"she knew _looking_ down there for too long would bring on nausea" >equally good here? I'll leave a proper reply to an AmE speaker. In BrE I think there would be "that" in the first version: "she knew that to look down there for too long would bring on nausea". >---- >The whole valley floor was spread out below them, the slopes that they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Stephen King, The Shining >----  SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) On Aug 29, 12:34 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > >Are > >"she knew _to look_ down there for too long would bring on nausea" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I'll leave a proper reply to an AmE speaker. Anyone? > In BrE I think there would be "that" in the first version: > "she knew that to look down there for too long would bring on nausea". Same here. > >---- > >The whole valley floor was spread out below them, the slopes that they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >StephenKing, The Shining > >---- Thank you. Marius Hancu > On Aug 29, 12:34 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Anyone? ?? How do you feel ?? >> On Aug 29, 12:34 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ?? How do you feel ?? "To look" - the act of looking down would cause nausea. Vertigo? "Looking" - implies that something down there would cause nausea if looked at for too long. Squeamishness? |
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