Can I use something like “I am caught in a controversy” to express that I am witnessing and confused by the controversy between other entities?
Answer
“You are caught in a controversy” would not lead me to think you are “witnessing and confused by the controversy between other entities”. Instead, it suggests you have become involved or embroiled in a controversy, either as a disputant or as the subject of the controversy. (Note that “You have been detected in a controversy” is a possible-but-unlikely interpretation as well. This is analogous to the more-common “You have been caught in a contradiction”.)
The original form, “I am caught in a controversy”, is not idiomatic and is less common and less literate than “I am caught up in a controversy”, which still means you have become entangled in a controversy. To express that you are witnessing and confused by a controversy, follow FumbleFingers’ suggestion and say you are bemused (“perplexed and bewildered”) by a controversy, or say you are intrigued or diverted (entertained, amused, or perhaps distracted) by it.
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Source : Link , Question Author : dmitreyg , Answer Author : James Waldby – jwpat7
