Feel sleepy

[tufguy]

Hi guys,

Please check "I didn't feel sleepy yesterday" or "I feel sleepy everyday". I know it is not acceptable to say "I feel sleepy".

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi guys,

Please check "I didn't feel sleepy yesterday" or "I feel sleepy everyday". I know it is not acceptable to say "I feel sleepy".

Tufguy, I corrected the spelling in your title. You had written "slepy". Please be more careful.

Both of your sentences are OK - except that it should be "every day", not "everyday". Why do you think we don't say "I feel sleepy"?

 

[tufguy]

Because people say it should be "I am sleepy" not "feeling sleepy". So are they wrong? And also in english movies they say "I am sleepy".

 

[emsr2d2]

People say lots of things. These are all correct:

I'm sleepy.
I am sleepy.
I feel sleepy.
I am feeling sleepy.
I'm feeling sleepy.

I'm tired.
I am tired.
I feel tired.
I am feeling tired.
I'm feeling tired.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/drowsy
According to it, 'I feel drowsy' should also be correct.

Not a teacher.

 

[emsr2d2]

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/drowsy
According to it, 'I feel drowsy' should also be correct.

Not a teacher.

I note that the link shows "drowsy" as BrE. We certainly do use it but usually in a medical context. Many medicines come with the warning "Might make the user drowsy" and you can buy "non-drowsy formula".

 

[tedmc]

'Drowsy' is the word used when you read the instructions for taking drugs e.g. cough syrups.

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[Rover_KE]

'Drowsy' is the word used when you read the instructions for taking drugs e.g. cough syrups.

But not exclusively.

Drowsy carries (I don't dare say always) the implication that something is making you feel sleepy. It could be, for example, a drug, soft music, the sound of rain against the window, a monotonous ride. Whenever you don't feel the need to imply that something is making you feel sleepy, then plain sleepy is the one to choose.Sleepy can always substitute for drowsy, but the opposite is not true. This means that sleepy is more common but less specific than drowsy.

(EStjarn, WR forums)

 

[tedmc]

Can we say that:

Being drowsy is a sleepy feeling caused by external factors whereas being sleepy is the general feeling like going to sleep

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