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#2 (permalink) Sun Nov 18, 2007 13:51 pm Expression: 'It feels nice.' |
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. 'When can we say?'-- tsk-tsk, Tom!
The window example is not very good, but some things can certainly 'feel bad'. 'Don't tickle me with that whisk broom-- it feels bad!' . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach

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#3 (permalink) Sun Nov 18, 2007 14:11 pm Expression: 'It feels nice.' |
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Hi Tom
It is possible to say "it feels bad", but the way you've used it sounds odd. You could say something such as this: What you want me to do is legal, but it feels bad/wrong.
In your window examples, the first sentence suggests to me that 'it' = 'fresh air'. In your second window sentence (with bad), I get no clear suggestion about what it is that feels bad, and it doesn't seem logical that "fresh air" might produce a bad feeling. So, instead of saying 'it feels so bad', I might say something such as one of these:
Close the window -- it's cold.
Close the window -- the heat and humidity are making me feel sick, so I'm going to turn the air-conditioning on. . |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Sun Nov 18, 2007 14:27 pm Expression: 'It feels nice.' |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
. 'When can we say?'-- tsk-tsk, Tom!
The window example is not very good, but some things can certainly 'feel bad'. 'Don't tickle me with that whisk broom-- it feels bad!' . |
I had the same initial reaction to Tom's word order, MM. However, after rereading it (a number of times ), I realized that the word order was OK. I do think that using 'if' or 'given that' instead of 'when' would have been far more readily understandable -- especially in the broken-up format that Tom used:
If we can say "X", can we also say "Y"? |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Sun Nov 18, 2007 14:43 pm Expression: 'It feels nice.' |
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My weak point. Thanks, Yank; sorry, Tom. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach

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#6 (permalink) Sun Nov 18, 2007 16:16 pm Expression: 'It feels nice.' |
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Many thanks, MM and Amy
Yes, I could not give good or complete examples.
Please see here. Are they OK now?
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Close the window please--the wind directly blowing into my face feels so bad. Close the window please--the cold (wind)feels so bad. |
Thanks in advance
Tom |
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Tom I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Mon Nov 19, 2007 0:00 am Expression: 'It feels nice.' |
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. You know, Tom, it still does not sound quite right to me. I think that for physical discomfort I would normally choose a more specific word ('it feels cold', etc) as Yankee said. 'Bad' seems to me to be more used of intangibles, as in Yankee's 'It's illegal...it feels bad' or 'I feel bad about losing my job' or of illness itself-- 'I ate a bag of Oreos and my stomach feels bad'. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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