I would like to see/ have a look at the bride and the groom?
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What is the context? Are we talking about a photograph, or the actual couple? Do you want to meet them to discuss something? Do you want to sit at the front at the wedding ceremony?
I don't want to be in jail by inspecting them
and why would I even think of inspecting the groom. I just want to talk to them .
Then you want "see". If you want to sit at the front at the wedding ceremony, as heypresto said, then you should use "have a look".I just want to talk to them .
In that case 'I would like to see them'. Or better still 'I would like to talk to them'.
'Look at' doesn't mean 'talk to'. But to see someone can mean to meet someone and talk to them.
Do you know the meaning of "look"? "Look at" means to look carefully or to examine.
But I am making an deliberate attempt to see the bride and the groom.
See is an inactive word. When your eyes are open, you do it without thinking. Example- I see a car near the store.
Look at is an active word. You must want to do it. But it is for a short time. Example- Look at this dress.
Watch is also an active word. You must want to do it but it is for a longer period of time. Example-Let's watch television.
You've answered the question here. 'I am making an deliberate attempt to see the bride and the groom' = 'I would like to see the bride and groom'.
But the meaning of 'see' we are discussing here is #14 in the WR Dictionary: "to meet and converse with; visit". 'Look' and 'watch' are not related to this meaning.
What do you want to say, Hecta?
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