No, they are both wrong."I felt being hit suddenly by somebody on the arm." OK?
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"I felt being suddenly hit by somebody on the arm." OK?
No, they are both wrong.
How would you rephrase it "I felt that somebody hit me suddenly on the arm." using a complex object construction? "I felt being hit suddenly on the arm by somebody"? "I felt being hit suddenly on the arm "?
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
(1) I am NOT answering your question about the placement of "suddenly." I shall leave that to our great teachers (and non-teachers).
(2) I just wanted to gently point out that (IMHO) there is a big difference between:
(a) I felt that somebody hit me.
(b) I felt somebody hit me.
(3) In (a) the verb means something like "think":
I was not sure, but I felt (thought) that somebody hit me when I was getting off the bus.
(4) In (b) the verb actually means your body felt a physical connection.
(i) I actually felt something physical. What? Somebody definitely hit my body.
(ii) I + felt + somebody [to] hit me. (The infinitive phrase "somebody [to] hit me"
is the object of "felt." We do NOT say or write the "to" in such sentences.)
(iii) In sentence (a), the grammar is quite different:
I + felt (thought/believed) + that (conjunction) + somebody hit me (noun clause). [ "hit" is the past of "hit.']
Usually, you do not need "that" to introduce a noun clause, but in your very
interesting sentence, you need it to show the difference in meaning between
sentence (a) and sentence (b).
Could I say "I felt being hit ........;."?
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
(1) I do not have the confidence to answer your question.
(2) Hopefully, someone will answer your question and also the one about the
proper position of "suddenly."
So it would be what people might say but migh not be totally correct?
As to the position of 'suddenly', I don't believe it matters (though, as Bhai said, both your sentences are wrong). And I don't think 'suddenly' collocates happily with 'hit'. If you 'suddenly felt yourself being hit on the arm', that would make sense; or you might 'become aware of being hit on the arm' (note that there's no need for 'yourself' here). You could also 'feel your arm being hit' or 'become aware of your arm being hit.'
b
If you mean "I felt myself being shot to the arm", no.1)I was given as part of my home assignment to paraphrase several sentences using a complex object construction. Getting back to post # 3, it's "I felt myself being hit on the arm."?
2) Do I need to use "myself" in the following sentence "I felt (myself) being shut in the arm"? Can I use the preposition "to" as in "shot to the arm"?