Noun for "visited by ghost"

Post withdrawn, otherwise my post may turn this forum into a chat form.

You try first.

Rover_KE said:

You try first.

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You may think I am a student. In fact, I am a retired person.
I am just curious.

Is the exercise self-made, or have you found it in a book?

Rover_KE said:

Is the exercise self-made, or have you found it in a book?

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You are still thinking I am a student asking for help with my home work.
I though about this question when I woke last mid night, I think I should withdraw my post, otherwise this forum will become a chat forum.

'This is a haunted house' is an unnatural statement. We'd say 'This house is said to be haunted' or 'Some people believe that this is a haunted house'.

'This house is known for ghosts' is also unnatural (I can't think of another single noun that fits your blank space).

We'd say 'This house is believed by some to have a ghost'.

Plenty of people will say with great conviction "This is a haunted house". Their absolute belief that that is true might be unnatural but I don't find the sentence itself unnatural.

As far as the original question (now irritatingly deleted!) goes, I would say something like "This house is known for paranormal activity". Like Rover, I can't think of one single word which would fit in the space.

Peter Chan said:

I should withdraw my post.

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Is it correct to say "withdraw a post"? Should "delete" be used instead?

Matthew Wai said:

Is it correct to say "withdraw a post"? Should "delete" be used instead?

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The following is my own interpretation of “withdraw” and “delete”.

When I write “I delete my post” I mean I erase the group of word I have written, or I make the group of words disappear.

When I write “I withdraw my post” I mean I withdraw/retreat my intention to write/post, I also retreat the ideas, opinions, comments etc. expressed in my writing.

Since I do not want to turn this forum into a chat forum, I think I should use “withdraw”.

Matthew and all teachers, please comment.

Peter, you can reinstate your post as it has generated some interest among our members.

'Delete your post' means to erase the words or content.

'Withdraw your post' means you are no longer interested in having it answered.

As it has already been answered you cannot withdraw it.

There is no danger of your turning Ask a Teacher into a chatroom. When this looks like happening, a moderator will move the thread into the General Language Discussions forum or General Members Discussions. These are our chatrooms.

You must stop hijacking threads, Matthew. Asking about "withdraw" and "delete" on a question about haunting is inappropriate and could be seen as rude to the original poster.

Start a new thread when a post creates a new question for you.


I will be deleting future posts in which you ask questions unrelated to the original content.

Follow-up questions should be related to the main gist of the OP's question, not just take one word from it and create a whole new question. If you want to ask such questions, you should start a new thread but you can, of course, say "In another thread, a user said "XXXX" and I would like to know ...". You can quote the relevant part of the other post or provide a link to it but it gets very confusing when someone asks a question and then, halfway through their thread, people start answering a different question posted by a different user.