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Originally Posted by rainbow402 I just don't understand why it is stilted. I am clear the usage of " painful" according to David's illustrations. |
If you say: I feel a great pain.......
this would be correct as pain is a noun.
You can be in great pain, and
You can feel a great pain.
My foot feels very painful.
The pain in my foot is extreme/very bad/awful/terrible......
My painful foot is hurting very badly.
There is a pain in my foot.
My foot is very painful.
1.My foot feels pain.
2.My foot feels painful.
in 1 there is a definite pain, but the 'a' has been omitted from 'pain', whereas in 2 there is a more generalised feeling of pain.
The differences are not easy to grasp. Speaking English, and particularly hearing these words spoken will definitely help.
Going back to the original quote: I feel very painful in my right hand. We do not say that because it is not 'I' that 'feels' the pain but 'my right hand' which does. So:
My right hand feels very painful.
I feel a (sharp) pain in my right hand.
Does this help? Come back if not.