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"I just stood there, looking down at him."
Is" looking down at" a phrase? Or is "looking down" a phrase?
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I'm sorry for my stupid question.
Sep 3, 2021 3:03 PM
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September 3, 2021
The verb âlook atâ is a phrase and always needs âatâ before the object. In your example, âdownâ is used to show the direction â apparently âheâ is in a lower position than the speaker. Here, âdownâ has its literal meaning.
On the other hand, we could saying âlooking down on himâ, where âto look down on someoneâ means to regard someone as inferior (i.e., not as good).
September 3, 2021
Depends on the whole sentence, here you can have two phrases, either "looking down at" or "looking down at him" so yeah
September 3, 2021
You are correct.. looking down at him was correctly used.
Practice makes perfect, your question is not stupid. đ
September 3, 2021
Totally agree with the other two answers, just wanted to say - there are never any stupid questions!!
September 3, 2021
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