The title says it all, but I am repeating it here. Here is the sentence.
I looked upon them for inspiration.
Is this grammatically correct ? Is there a better alternative ?
Learn English – Is “look upon them for inspiration” correct
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Best Answer
The prepositions here are tricky and, even as a native English speaker, I don’t see any logic to them.
means they were my source of inspiration.
means I classified them as inspiration (maybe not for me).
is a slightly archaic way of saying that the reason I looked at them (literally, with my eyes) was to get inspiration.