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- Astonished at by - WordReference Forums
If I am astonished by the news, the news performed the action of astonishing me If I am astonished at the news, I caused that feeling in myself when I saw the news For practical purposes, and in this context (as Parla correctly pointed out), they mean the same thing First, I saw the news Then, and as a result, I was astonished
- astonished - WordReference Forums
The sentence is grammatical, Mimi, but very subtly so You might think "astonished" modifies the verb If it had, then "astonishedly" would have been correct In this case, it is used to modify the subject It means the speaker was astonished when he looked at the exercise books
- stunned atonished - WordReference Forums
I would never use stunned about, astonished about or stunned with You might hear someone use a slang phrase and say: "They stunned him with a tazer!" - but that's really an exception I think your instincts are right
- astonished - WordReference Forums
"Astonished by Alice's ideas" would most likely mean that her ideas actually affected the group of people "Astonished at Alice's ideas" would typically mean that Alice's ideas hadn't affected the people, but they were just reacting as to what they have heard of the ideas Not entirely sure, but it seems right to me
- We were_______ astonished - WordReference Forums
The argument I'm familiar with says that "astonished" is a past participle and a given thing at a given time either has or hasn't astonished a given person Sticklers for this argument insist that we should say "very much astonished", not "very astonished"
- astonished - WordReference Forums
"Astonished" describes what she looked like (her appearance) not the manner in which she looked (used her
- She was thrilled lt;by with about gt; the find [preposition]
Hello, I need some help in the usage of the right prepositions which go along with adjectives such as thrilled, delighted and astonished Focusing on thrilled, I can't really tell what's the difference between thrilled about, with, by or at: She was thrilled with the find She was thrilled
- would have . . . . would have | WordReference Forums
I was astonished that he turned down the job I would have thought it would have been ideal for him Note that I removed the word 'an'
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