Is this an alternative construction to "frightened of dying"? Mary is frightened to die now.
I don't think I would use an infinitive after "frightened" in this context, though I couldn't say why - "frightened to jump" works perfectly well.
Can a person be
sinful
or is it that a person is guilty of sinful acts? Is there an adjective that would describe this person?
I'd say a person can be sinful in a fairly archaic piece. Or an excessively religious piece.
How would you fix he thinks terrible about himself? I've offered he thinks badly of himself, but is there any way to keep terrible?
"He sees himself as a terrible person"? You can't use an adjective as an adverb, which is what it seems your student is trying to do.
Actually, this may also be a varieties of English issue - "He thinks badly of himself" rings very American to me.
Does he needs her forgiveness to have a cause to live on make any sense to you? I've got major problems with live on in the sense of keep living. Does "to have a reason to stay alive" make more sense?
I don't have a problem with "to live on", but "reason" makes sense where "cause" doesn't.
I don't like she makes him clear that... - it sounds terribly German. Is she makes it clear to him that... a better-sounding replacement?
Definitely. "makes him clear that" is not an English construction.
How would you put she searches the fault by herself in idiomatic English?
Hmm. Tricky because it could have more than one shade of meaning. Do you mean "She searches for the fault in herself", or "She seeks the fault on her own initiative" or "she looks for the fault without help from others"?
And lastly, something religious: Are "she repents of her sins" and "she repents her sins" both good English?
I'd accept both, though the second sounds slightly better to me.
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Mary is frightened to die now.
I don't think I would use an infinitive after "frightened" in this context, though I couldn't say why - "frightened to jump" works perfectly well.
I'd say a person can be sinful in a fairly archaic piece. Or an excessively religious piece.
"He sees himself as a terrible person"? You can't use an adjective as an adverb, which is what it seems your student is trying to do.
Actually, this may also be a varieties of English issue - "He thinks badly of himself" rings very American to me.
Does he needs her forgiveness to have a cause to live on make any sense to you? I've got major problems with live on in the sense of keep living. Does "to have a reason to stay alive" make more sense?
I don't have a problem with "to live on", but "reason" makes sense where "cause" doesn't.
Definitely. "makes him clear that" is not an English construction.
How would you put she searches the fault by herself in idiomatic English?
Hmm. Tricky because it could have more than one shade of meaning. Do you mean "She searches for the fault in herself", or "She seeks the fault on her own initiative" or "she looks for the fault without help from others"?
I'd accept both, though the second sounds slightly better to me.
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