Lest

[tufguy]

Hi guys,

please check this sentence. "Whenever I go for the interview I fear lest I find someone in that organisation, who lives near my house"(I know that I am asking the same question again and again but please help me to understand this).

 

[Matthew Wai]

please check this sentence.

You had better use proper capitalization lest Rover_KE delete your post again.

Not a teacher.

 

[Gillnetter]

Hi guys,

Please check this sentence. "Whenever I go for [STRIKE]the [/STRIKE] an interview I fear lest I find someone in that organisation[STRIKE],[/STRIKE] who lives near my house"(I know that I am asking the same question again and again but please help me to understand this).

If you go for "the" interview it is a time occasion. "the" is used to point out one thing - "I prefer the blue car". The green car is acceptable, the red car is fine but I prefer only one car - the blue car. Your usage of "lest" is fine but "lest" is not a common word and doesn't seem to add much to this sentence. What you are really saying here is that I fear, I fear. A clearer sentence would be - "...an interview I fear that I will find someone...".

I suggest that you move on with your vocabulary improvement lest you spend too much time on inconsequential matters.

 

[Roman55]

I know that I am asking the same question again and again...

I am not a teacher.

I must admit to an acute feeling of déjà vu on reading your umpteenth question about "lest".

This time your use of it is correct but you should know that it is formal, infrequently used, and sounds dated.

 

[Barb_D]

Why would you be afraid that you would find someone who is your neighbor?

 

[probus]

Hi guys,

please check this sentence. "Whenever I go for the interview I fear lest I find someone in that organisation, who lives near my house"(I know that I am asking the same question again and again but please help me to understand this).

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lest

Please don't make mountains out of molehills.

 

[tufguy]

Thankyou guys I think you all are very good people because you are helping a lot.

 

[tufguy]

Can I also say "Lest I should find someone who lives near my house"?

 

[Barb_D]

Yes, but again, why is that something to fear?

 

[tufguy]

What changes we would have to do, if we changed this sentence to past.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Barb has asked you the same question twice. Why haven't you answered her?

 

[Barb_D]

What changes we would have to do, if we changed this sentence to past.

Whenever I interviewed, I was always concerned that I would meet someone from my home town, lest they reveal my entire resume and work experience was a work of fiction and I'd really spent most of my life in prison.

 

[tufguy]

When I used to go for the interview I used to fear lest I (should) find someone who lived near my house. Is it correct?

 

[Barb_D]

I think we've said very clearly that "lest" means "for fear that" so you can't say "I used to fear for fear that."

When I used to go on interviews/for interviews, I used to fear I would see someone who lived near my house.

Until you say why this is a scary thing, I have no interest in answering any further questions in this thread. Why is seeing a neighbor something to fear?

 

[tufguy]

I can't tell you each and every thing, its personal(sorry). If "Lest" means "for fear that", so how was my first sentence correct?

 

[Barb_D]

It is not correct.
When asked whether it was okay to say "lest I should" something I answered that in insolation.

Don't use "I used to fear lest..." as you were told very clearly before. And truly, I'm finished with this thread and this topic. Good luck.

 

[tufguy]

Is my original sentence wrong?