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12. Apr. 2014 · Therefore, the word "fear" can be conjugated as a verb without the need for a preposition. At first glance, I could read the sentence as "She fears death" if it's something the person is continually fearful of. If you want to state that the person had—but no longer has—a fear of death, then it would be "She had feared death."
11. Okt. 2010 · Oct 11, 2010. #3. I don't care for either one. Fear of implies he's afraid of himself and his demons. Fear about sounds right if it's Fears about: "I think he was finally able to articulate his fears about himself (do I smell bad; am I too compulsive; do I hurt people who only want to help me) and his demons (fear of commitment; compulsion to ...
18. Sept. 2009 · Constanţa. Română - România. Sep 18, 2009. #1. Usually it's "strike fear into someone's heart," but can we also say impose fear into someone's heart? Or impose fear upon someone? Any idea if/how "fear" can work with "impose?" "Inflict" is usually used with a concrete nouns so it can't work with "fear" because it's abstract, right? B.
24. Mai 2021 · English - U.S., Chinese - Mandarin. May 24, 2021. #2. Fear (as a feeling towards something, i.e. shaking in fear) is uncountable, but fear (as a concern, or as specific instance of it, i.e. a fear of heights, fear for someone's safety) is countable. Depends on the context.
11. Nov. 2009 · Φοβία (Fov i a, f.), is the only feminine noun pertaining to fear (it of course means phobia), but it describes a pathological, groundless, irrational fear (e.g. agoraphobia: fear of wide open spaces and crowds, arachnophobia: fear of spiders etc.). [I apologise for my rambling]
5. Okt. 2015 · English - England. Oct 5, 2015. #2. "I have fear of dogs". or. "I have a fear of dogs". This is one more use of the indefinite article. Here, 'fear' is countable, you can also understand "I have a fear of dogs." as "I have a particular fear of dogs."
17. Jan. 2017 · Hello guys. I am confused with the phrase below. 'a nervous tension that came perilous close to fear'. In this phrase, 'close' is an adverb and 'perilous' is an adjective. Does 'perilous' modify 'close' or 'came'? Does 'come perilous close to fear' share the same meaning of 'come very close to...
8. Okt. 2022 · Oct 9, 2022. #5. The Newt said: The first is fine. The second would have to be "for fear that it may rain," but it's not natural in any case. The third isn't really how we use "lest." We generally use the word for things we can prevent, not for bad things that might happen that are outside our control. There's an earlier discussion of "lest it ...
11. Nov. 2021 · Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. What does " little-death " mean here? I find that “La petite mort ("The little death") is a metaphor for a sexual orgasm.”, but I am not sure. In my country,it is translated to "a small god of death",I thing it must be wrong.
24. März 2018 · Mar 24, 2018. #4. But c and d above should not have commas. The subject shouldn't be separated from the verb (unless there's an intervening parenthetical expression). (e) The fear, of not being interesting enough to be read, seems to have stopped following me. (f) The fear, of not being interesting enough, seems to have stopped following me.
