can the above structure be used for anything apart from "there's nothing to fear about death"?
I started with this structure, and then noticed I couldn't fit an animal into it:
There's nothing to fear of/about/in/from [dogs/whales/etc]
it doesn't sound quite right.
Should I just fall back on "you shouldn't be afraid of…" or are there any other better suggestions?
thx
Best Answer
Using the phrase with an animal would be correct. "There's nothing to fear about whales." This would literally mean that there is no reasonable way to be afraid of whales at all.
"You shouldn't be afraid of whales" has roughly the same meaning and would work the same in most contexts, but is technically different. This phrase means that there may be something to fear about whales, but you should not be afraid of them anyway.