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- 17-Oct-2012, 11:38 #1
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A confusing about how to use "look" I am confused about how to use "look". Please help me.
From: It looks nice.
Why "looks" (with "s" after the verb)
- 17-Oct-2012, 11:47 #2
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look"
- 17-Oct-2012, 11:48 #3
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" Why not
[asked before I saw #2] There's only one of them. If you put it the other way round, the verb would match the number of the person who's seeing it: 'I find[no s] it nice[-looking]'
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- 17-Oct-2012, 13:33 #4
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" Do you understand that "it" is "third person singular", like "he/she"? Have you learnt how to conjugate a regular verb in the present tense?
Remember - correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing make posts much easier to read.
- 17-Oct-2012, 14:04 #5
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" 1. It looks nice. 1.1 It seems OK.
2. It looks into the box.
Does the verb "look" function the same in both sentences?
- 17-Oct-2012, 14:23 #6
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" Not at all. The 'look' in 1 is about the 'look' of a thing - how it appears. It's not doing anything (apart from being!)
Originally Posted by Suthipong 
The subject of the 'look' in 2 is doing something - it's using its eyes to look.
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- 18-Oct-2012, 08:15 #7
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" Still confused: need more explaination, please.
1. "It looks nice." If it is about the look of the thing (noun) and why put s as if it is a verb?
- 18-Oct-2012, 08:54 #8
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" Originally Posted by Suthipong
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I don't understand the confusion at all. How would you write it?
- 18-Oct-2012, 09:17 #9
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" It is the grammatical subject of the verb LOOK. Originally Posted by Suthipong Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.
- 18-Oct-2012, 10:30 #10
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Re: A confusing about how to use "look" Look (#3). This is the one which seems to be giving you trouble. As you see, it means that something has a certain appearance/aspect. But it's still a verb. That's why it takes the 's' after 'it', just as it would take the 's' afte 'he' or 'she' (the third person singular pronouns). Originally Posted by Suthipong
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PS: You will realize that "look" has more than just one or two meanings, so don't despair and take your time to go through them.Please be aware that I'm neither a native English speaker nor (at present) a teacher.
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