When we say gaslighting, we mean when someone tries to make another person unsure about their own memory or feelings.

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Have you ever wondered if someone intended to make you doubt your own perceptions, experiences,

or understanding of events? We call this gaslighting.

Today I will talk about this word that is becoming more and more popular,

and with a point of view story, you will improve your grammar in context, without memorizing

rules.

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So where does gaslighting come from?

The word gaslighting comes from a play called gaslight, written in 1938 by Patrick Hamilton.

In this play, a husband tries to make his wife think she's losing her mind.

He does some tricky things,

like secretly making the lights from the gas lamp in their house dimmer.

And then he tells her that she's just imagining these changes.

This play later became a movie.

Nowadays, when we say gaslighting,

we mean when someone tries to make another person

unsure about their own memory or feelings, similar to what the husband

did to his wife in the story.

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