How they feel

[Progress]

Shy students are often oversensitive. When they enter a room full of strangers, they think everone is looking at them. In fact, most of these stragers are thinking about themselves, about how they look and how they feel.

I would like to ask you about the part how they feel. Which does it mean in this case, how others feel about them or how they themselves feel? I think the latter. I think this "the subject feel an adjective" can be ambiguous as this towel feels soft. In this case, the towel itself doesn't feel soft about itself. But about I feel good by J.B , is it I myself and someone too feel good like the towel?
How can you understandt the difference correctly?

Thank you very much.

[svartnik]

Originally Posted by Progress

Shy students are often oversensitive. When they enter a room full of strangers, they think everone is looking at them. In fact, most of these stragers are thinking about themselves, about how they look and how they feel.

I would like to ask you about the part how they feel. Which does it mean in this case, how others feel about them or how they themselves feel? I think the latter. I think this "the subject feel an adjective" can be ambiguous as this towel feels soft. In this case, the towel itself doesn't feel soft about itself. But about I feel good by J.B , is it I myself and someone too feel good like the towel?
How can you understandt the difference correctly?

Thank you very much.

feel used ergatively IMO.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Progress

I would like to ask you about the part how they feel. Which does it mean in this case, how others feel about them or how they themselves feel? I think the latter.

You're right.

Originally Posted by Progress

I think this "the subject feel an adjective" can be ambiguous as this towel feels soft. In this case, the towel itself doesn't feel soft about itself. But about I feel good by J.B , is it I myself and someone too feel good like the towel? How can you understandt the difference correctly?

If feel is stative and its subject is [+animate] (i.e., a sentient being), it means to experience or undergo an emotional sensation.

Stative
Animate: I wonder how they feel.
Inanimate: I wonder how this towel feels. (i.e., it experiences or undergoes an emotional sensation)

Does that help?

[Progress]

Yes, Casiopea, it does very much Thank you very much.

Thanks Svartnik

[Casiopea]

You're welcome.