Timeline for "you smiled to see it"
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| Nov 9, 2013 at 17:54 | comment | added | Kaz | Still, when shudder is used this way, it doesn't really denote an action, like smiling. People don't actually shudder when they say "I shudder to think"; it's a feeling, not unlike "I loathe to think". | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 16:57 | comment | added | Kaz | @Listenever Could just be sloppy work on their part. I have though of an example of an external action word which is actually used this way commonly: shudder to think (shudder as a result of thinking something, not shudder in order to think), shudder to see. | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 14:12 | comment | added | Listenever | There is an example of "smiled to think" in OALD. "He smiled to think how naive he used to be." | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 14:10 | vote | accept | Listenever | ||
| Nov 9, 2013 at 8:17 | history | answered | Kaz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |