Scared or fears

[tufguy]

Hi guys,

we say " He is scared of me" but can we say " He fears me"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes. It's not as common but it's grammatically correct.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

The natural way to say it, if what you want to say is, "He fears me" would be "He is afraid of me".

 

[emsr2d2]

Roman55, are you saying that "He is afraid of me" is more natural than "He is scared of me"?

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

No I'm not. I obviously didn't make myself clear. I was saying that, "He is afraid of me" is more natural than "He fears me".

Just like with "He is scared of me", the use of an adjective rather than a verb seems a more natural way of conveying the idea.