![]() ![]() If native speakers say seek food, and search for food what is the fundamental difference between the two?įundamentally, it comes down to knowing what is out there.The above Google Ngram seems to strongly suggest that searching for food is perfectly grammatical. If ‘food’ is the object of seek, as stated in the accepted answer, and a fundamental difference between seek and search why do native speakers tend to say search for food? Which brings me back to the EL&U question. The other reason for it being the only answer possible is that we normally use the preposition ‘for’ with the verb search. Which confirms the "correct" answer is seeking. Also, seek implies that the seeker knows that the item they are looking for does exist. One fundamental difference is that the object of seek is the item you are trying to locate, whereas the object of search is the place you are looking in. However, they are really quite different. The answer given in the book is C, which is fine by me, in fact in the EL&U archives I found this question: "Seek" vs."search" the accepted answer with twelve upvotes says: ![]() Source: Cambridge English, FIRST 1 (2014): Test 1, Reading and Use of English paperĪ. So why do human beings spend so much time playing? One reason is that we have time for leisure animals have very little time to play as most of their life is spent sleeping and (2)_ food. ![]()
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