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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

are these sentences grammatical/ make sense?

I am insulted. I feel insulted.
  

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To me — Yes! Don't you understand their meaning?

  • To me — Yes!
  • Don't you understand their meaning?
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To me — Yes! Don't you understand their meaning?
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I don't think that 'I am insulted' is grammatically correct when you look at the sentences definition. Am I correct?
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I (subject) am (verb) insulted (adjective)

or

I (subject) am insulted (verb in passive voice).

What is it that you think disagrees with the definition of sentence?
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Below are all of the definitions that Dictionary.com gave for 'insulted'.

  1. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
  2. To affront or demean:


  3. And according to the defintions, 'insulted' is an action verb. That's why I don't see how it could work, and why I think that you have to use 'feel' before 'insulted' for the sentence to be
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Both are correct, but different.

Feel and bedon't mean the same. Look in a dictionaryEmotion: smile

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