
31-May-2007, 12:24
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Re: How they feel Quote: |
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. Quote: |
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? |