Fandar Coli Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sigh

I have heard people saying, 'he/she heaved a sigh of relief.' So can I write a sentence this way: My friend said that he was leaving us. On hearing that I heaved a sigh-- not of sadness-- of what it (sigh) actually was, I didn’t know.
  

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Fandar Coli My friend said that he was leaving us. On hearing that I heaved a sigh-- not of sadness-- That part is OK. Fandar Coli...

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Fandar Coli My friend said that he was leaving us. On hearing that I heaved a sigh-- not of sadness--
That part is OK.
Fandar Coli...of what it (sigh) actually was, I didn’t know.
That part is not.