[Vocabulary] I felt that/him

Status
Not open for further replies.

Birne

Junior Member
Joined
Nov 17, 2012
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Polish
Home Country
Poland
Current Location
Poland
Hello

I'd like to ask a question. I am confused about using the word 'feel'. Are all these sentences correct? I want to say that someone touched my hair and I felt that.

1. I felt him touched my hair.
2. I felt him touching my hair.
3. I felt that he touched my hair.

Do these mean the same if they are correct?
 

SoothingDave

VIP Member
Joined
Apr 17, 2009
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
2 and 3 are OK. I prefer 2.
 

Grumpy

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 12, 2009
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
1. is wrong.
2. is correct.
3. is potentially a little confusing, because it is not clear whether you are using "feel" in its sense of a physical sensation, or its other meaning of an emotional sense [for example, "I felt that he liked me a lot"]. So, the sentence could mean that you weren't absolutely sure whether or not he had touched your hair, but you considered that he had.

The other, simplest, sentence you could use would be: "I felt him touch my hair".
 

Birne

Junior Member
Joined
Nov 17, 2012
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Polish
Home Country
Poland
Current Location
Poland
Thanks for you explanation Grumpy.

"I could feel him/Steven touching my hair"

would also be ok?

PS
The format buttons 'B' 'I' 'U' do not work.
 

Grumpy

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 12, 2009
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top