Timeline for Does "what led Karen to her disappearance" mean the same as "what led to Karen's disappearance"?
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| Jun 2, 2023 at 16:20 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Internalised = subjective / parochial? 'ELU prizes answers supported by authoritative references; others come across as (and may well be) pure opinion'. | |
| Jun 2, 2023 at 16:04 | comment | added | Lambie | @EdwinAshworth I rely on internalized language for whether something is idiomatic. Not everything has been read by machines. What led me to my disappearance was having to cope with too much SE stress. | |
| Jun 2, 2023 at 14:52 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Lambie Evidence would suggest it's not idiomatic: Google ngrams ... led to her disappearance/led her to her disappearance / led me to my disappearance. And no hits in a Google search for No results found for "led me to my disappearance". 4 for "led her to her disappearance". | |
| Jun 2, 2023 at 14:20 | comment | added | Lambie | What led me to my disappearance. It works fine. | |
| Jun 2, 2023 at 11:39 | history | edited | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
correct spelling -> lead to led
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| Apr 30, 2023 at 23:48 | comment | added | PaulTanenbaum | For this native speaker of American English, “led Karen to her disappearance” strikes me as a phrase in need of a copy editor. “Led to Karen’s disappearance “ is fine and suggests that disappearing wasn’t her idea. And “led Karen to disappear” is also fine; this one suggests that she intentionally vanished. | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 12:40 | comment | added | Willhelmine Tell | OK, if some native English speakers assume some phrase is perfectly fine but some other native English speakers find it less than ideal, am I at least allowed to find it a "somewhat suboptimal" choice? | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 11:44 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | While I'd agree that 'what led to Karen's disappearance' is totally idiomatic, Bennett, I'm far from happy with 'what led Karen to her disappearance'. There are very few examples of 'lead/led NP to her disappearance' (where the NP [direct object] is 'her', 'Anne' etc) on the internet as far as I've been able to see. // 'What led her to her death' seems far more idiomatic. | |
| S Apr 29, 2023 at 10:46 | review | First answers | |||
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| S Apr 29, 2023 at 10:46 | history | answered | Bennett Dunn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |