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could you tell me what is the difference of 'see' and 'look at'??
i confuse the difference of 'see' and 'look at'. please tell me the difference..
and which word i should use if I mean:
see/look at the star and the moon
see/look at the sky
see/look at my friends from far distance
please help me,,
Dec 25, 2013 3:56 AM
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The difference is in purpose.
If you see something, it is in your vision, but you have no purpose. It just happens to be in your vision.
If you look at something, you are looking with a purpose, showing some interest.
If you are walking down the street and a car passes, you see the car, but there is not purpose - the car just past your field of vision.
However, if you see that the car is interesting and turn your head as it goes past, you are looking at the car - you have some purpose.
December 25, 2013
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look at --- action
see --- process
December 25, 2013
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One must LOOK at something in order to SEE it. An old expression is: "You look, but can not see."
Similar words: "I could HEAR my teacher talking, but I did not LISTEN to him."
"Look up in the night sky. Can you see the stars?"
December 25, 2013
Kamu liat gak tuh bule ganteng? Did you see that handsome bule?
Look at that bule! Liat dong bule!
Samo-samo, iyo. :D
January 14, 2014
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