![]() You’ll see energy emanating from every recess, eternal strength to withstand the onslaught of any tempest, a light that cannot be snuffed out by the shadows, and a spark that carries me forward always in gratitude, love, and hope. If you look at me, you may see that I am tired.īut if you look deeper – if you look at my soul – you’re going to see life there. If you look deeper you will see that the burdens I carried were often more than I could bear, the weight of my worries broke my back, the storms in life bowed my head and took me to the ground. If you look at my posture, you may see that I am bent. If you look deeper you will see years of emotions I could not express for fear of losing love, a build-up of pounds to protect my heart from being hurt, a shield to resist the slings and arrows life hurled at me every time I tried to find just one moment of peace. If you look at my body, you may see that I carry some extra weight. If you look deeper you’ll see the lines that burrow through my flesh represent the times I worried for my children, made a decision that tore my heart in two, or made me desperately want to go back in time and do things differently. If you look at my face you may see that I have wrinkles. If you look deeper you’ll see the tears I shed after every loss, every betrayal, every door that ever closed in my face every tragedy I never saw coming. Their love and respect for the English language is so obvious in that magnificent book.If you look at my eyes you may see that they are brown. If you ever get a chance, also read The King’s English, which was first published in 1906. He said some very rude things about the Master. That is, they say that he did not really understand grammar. ![]() Fowler is the Master.įor some people, he is a joke. The 1996 edition changed a lot, so some people are very upset with it.įor some people (such as I), Mr. The 1965 edition did not change much of Mr. Today, Not many grammar books were well written and covered many perspectives as the old ones.Īt that time, more and more British people were moving into the middle class, and they wanted to speak “good” English. Thanks to quote the book name, I just downloaded it and read the entry. My main source was the third edition of the renowned book by H.W. ![]() The adverb “deep” is used in many FIGURATIVE expressions: They sat up deep into the night It does not go deep enough into the problem still waters run deep. The adverb “deep” is used LITERALLY: The boat was stuck deep in the mud.Į. He was deeply conscious of his shortcomings.ĭ. The adverb “deeply” is also used when the meaning is “profoundly” or “intensely”: I should like to consider the matter a little more deeply. The adverb “deeply” is used ESPECIALLY before past participles: "“Deep” as adverb is deeply entrenched in the language.Ĭ. I then went to the “books” section of Google and typed in “look deeply into eyes.” I found only 8 results! I think that we can say with confidence that “look deeply into eyes” is not IDIOMATIC. I went to Google and typed “look deeply into eyes.” I got 12,000 results I typed “look deep into eyes” and got 67,000 results. So, of course, I rushed to my books and the World Wide Web. I am, too! In fact, I could not sleep well last night because I was thinking about a word that I had never, ever thought about until I read Biglittleboy’s question. ![]()
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