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#1 20-Oct-2020, 12:43was vs feel
1. "I tried to explain to a doctor how I was in English, but he didn't understand me.
2. "I tried to explain to a doctor how I felt in English, but he didn't understand me.
I think #2 is more familiar, but is #1 wrong?
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#2 20-Oct-2020, 13:01Re: was vs feel
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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#3 20-Oct-2020, 13:20Re: was vs feel
By "familiar" I tried to mean I have seen this before (and so I'm pretty sure it is correct).
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#4 20-Oct-2020, 13:21Re: was vs feel
If you had said "familiar to me", it would have been clearer.
Originally Posted by optimistic pessimist
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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#5 20-Oct-2020, 16:15Re: was vs feel
If the surrounding text/dialogue made it clear that you were referring to your physical condition, #1 would be common/natural. But with or without context, #2 is clear that you are referring to physical condition.
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#6 20-Oct-2020, 16:39Re: was vs feel
#1 would work better for me as:
"I tried to explain in English to a doctor how I was, but he didn't understand me."Typoman - writer of rongs
