Gazing into the sky

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99bottles

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What prepositions follow gaze?

For example, I was gazing at/into the sky.

Does the choice of preposition make the meaning of the sentence above different?
 

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Not a teacher.

Both at and into are applicable, but I would add up in the first case, as in: "gazing up at the sky".
To me, there's little to no difference in terms of meaning.
 

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Are you looking at the sky or trying to see beyond?
 

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Looking at the moon maybe? Or the sun?

The sky is all around, so it wouldn't normally occur to me to look at the sky. (I'm sure I do it without thinking about it.)

I might look at the clouds. I sure do notice when storm clouds are gathering.
 

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Looking at the moon maybe? Or the sun?

The sky is all around, so it wouldn't normally occur to me to look at the sky. (I'm sure I do it without thinking about it.)

I might look at the clouds. I sure do notice when storm clouds are gathering.


So, is at the wrong preposition here?
 

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No. It's not wrong.
 
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