B Barque Banned Joined Nov 3, 2022 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language English Home Country India Current Location Singapore Dec 7, 2022 #21 I suspect you mean "emotion about" and not "emotion for".
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Dec 7, 2022 #22 I prefer "about" but I wouldn't say "for" is completely wrong.
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 7, 2022 #23 ahsanul.irfan said: Do you mean if I say "Five things people feel very much emotion for:-...." it won't be true? Click to expand... Well, "true" is not the right word. It certainly wouldn't be natural. Once you find something you should stop looking.
ahsanul.irfan said: Do you mean if I say "Five things people feel very much emotion for:-...." it won't be true? Click to expand... Well, "true" is not the right word. It certainly wouldn't be natural. Once you find something you should stop looking.
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Dec 9, 2022 #24 tedmc said: The semi-colon is not used for that purpose. I would replace it with ":-". Click to expand... They taught me that in primary school 80 years ago, Ted. We used to call it ‘two dots and a dash’. I don’t know when it became non-standard, but It’s no longer used.
tedmc said: The semi-colon is not used for that purpose. I would replace it with ":-". Click to expand... They taught me that in primary school 80 years ago, Ted. We used to call it ‘two dots and a dash’. I don’t know when it became non-standard, but It’s no longer used.