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MustAsk Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Feel comfortable doing / with doing

Hi,

Quite a bit of confusion here:

I don't feel comfortable about taking this pill.
I don't feel comfortable with taking this pill.
I don't feel comfortable taking this pill.
I'm not comfortable with taking this pill
I'm not comfortable about taking this pill.
I'm not comfortable taking this pill.

Are all of these correct? Do they mean the same? I have a feeling they don't.

Thanks!
  

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MustAsk Do they mean the same? The ones that are correct all mean the same thing. Yes.

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  • MustAsk Do they mean the same?
  • The ones that are correct all mean the same thing.
  • Yes.
  • I don't feel comfortable about taking this pill.
  • I don't feel comfortable with taking this pill.
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MustAskDo they mean the same?
The ones that are correct all mean the same thing. Yes.

I don't feel comfortable about taking this pill.
I don't feel comfortable with taking this pill.
I don't feel comfortable taking this pill.
I'm not comfortable with taking this pill
I'm not comfortable about taking this pill.
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I'm not sure but, I've heard that it possible to use "with" and "comfortable" in some cases? Am I wrong?
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COCA has quite a few citations for it.
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MustAskI'm not sure but, I've heard that it possible to use "with" and "comfortable" in some cases? Am I wrong?
I think that would be possible, but not with a gerund afterwards. For example, I think "I'm not comfortable with this pill" would be correct.
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There are 200+ citations in COCA for -ing forms after 'comfortable with'.
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fivejedjonThere are 200+ citations in COCA for -ing forms after 'comfortable with'.
Did you happen to check the frequency for the other two choices the OP was interested in? Is "with" as common as "about", for example?

I looked up "feel comfortable with" on fraze.it, and found very few examples where a gerund followed, but hundreds where a noun follo
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comfortable with (a/the) - noun 760
Comfortable with - ing form - 204
Comfortable about -ing form - 76
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fivejedjoncomfortable with (a/the) - noun 760Comfortable with - ing form - 204Comfortable about -ing form - 76
Thanks for that data.

Amazing. "with -ing" falls quite strangely on my ear (in comparison to the other choices). I'll have to listen for examples in the next week or so.

CJ
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I think I am happier with 'about' . However, your warning not to use with made me uneasy, which was why I went to COCA. The results surprised me.
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fivejedjonI think I am happier with 'about' .
Now I'm totally confused. I don't know if I'm happier with "about" or happier about "with".

Oh, no! Now we need research on "happier with" vs "happier about".
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