Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
gaze to all directions
English answer:
looked all around
Added to glossary by
Heather Shaw
Jul 31, 2008 19:33
15 yrs ago
English term
gaze to all directions
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
PROOFREADING
HE GAZE TO ALL DIRECTIONS AND GAVE YES / NO ANSWERS...
i WOULD SAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Suggestions welcome. Many thanks.
HE GAZE TO ALL DIRECTIONS AND GAVE YES / NO ANSWERS...
i WOULD SAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Suggestions welcome. Many thanks.
Responses
| 3 +9 | looked all around |
Heather Shaw
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| 3 +8 | gazed in all directions |
Egil Presttun
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| 4 +5 | IN all directions, of course |
Mark Berelekhis
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Change log
Aug 1, 2008 07:50: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "GAZE TO ALL DIRECTIONS" to "gaze to all directions" , "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Aug 14, 2008 07:34: Heather Shaw Created KOG entry
Responses
+9
6 mins
Heather Shaw
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
The right direction in language services
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
looked all around
I think this sounds more natural
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+8
6 mins
gazed in all directions
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Peer comment(s):
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Demi Ebrite
33 mins
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Thanks!
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Liam Hamilton
: there seems to be a conflict of tenses, so "gazed"looks correct
39 mins
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Vicky Nash
1 hr
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Thanks!
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KathyPro
: Yes - "gazed" to agree with "gave"
1 hr
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Will Matter
1 hr
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Thanks!
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Phong Le
5 hrs
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Thanks!
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David Moore (X)
12 hrs
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Thanks!
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conejo
4 days
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Thanks!
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+5
6 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
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206
IN all directions, of course
But other options may work better, such as: "he looked about/around him"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
NancyLynn
: yes and yes, absolutely; and I would add that there is a typo in He gaze
12 mins
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Thank you, NancyLynn.
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Jack Doughty
25 mins
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Thank you, Jack.
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Demi Ebrite
: Agree, with added 'ed' to 'gaze'
33 mins
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Thank you, debrite.
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Will Matter
1 hr
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Thank you, Will.
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Gert Sass (M.A.)
: (or into ...?)/Interesting: Imagining myself as an English teacher, I would teach "into". (Just interested in your native speaker opinion, to make sure)
2 hrs
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Thank you, Gert, though I'd stick with 'in' here.
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