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Old 17-Feb-2006, 00:10
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Question Non-transitive verbs

Is it possible to send me a list of non-transitive verbs. I am particularly interested in the verb feel. I've heard this verb used in both manners and I would like once and for all to have an explanation.
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I'm afraid I know of no such list and Google doesn't offer anything.
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I'm afraid I know of no such list and Google doesn't offer anything.
I simply would like to know whether it is correct to say "I feel good" or "I feel well" because I have heard and read both ways. A clarification would be nice.
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"I feel well" means "I don't feel sick", while "I feel good" -- which, I think, is probably considered slang -- means "I feel generally happy/healthy/energetic/enthusiastic."

James Brown, of course, was most famous for singing "I feel good!"

This doesn't have much to do with transitive or intransitive, though. But "feel" can be either transitive ("I feel your pain...") or intransitive ("I feel sad").
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'I feel good' is becoming more and more common, I think. It seems to be m,aking a crossover into fairly standard language- at least, I think it will be there in a while.
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