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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

feel (subjective pronoun) VS feel (objective pronoun)

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00I'd like to know what the difference between feel/any verb + (subjective pronoun) and feel/any verb + (objective pronoun) is:02br
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00E.g: I feel he is telling me VS I feel him telling me02br
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02i 00 = ??? No meaning. 02br 00CJ 0-

— CalifJim

  • 02i 00 = ???
  • No meaning.
  • 02br 00CJ 0-
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1i00I feel (that) he is telling me the truth.02i00 = I believe (that) he is telling me the truth.02br
01i00I feel him telling me ...02i00 = ??? No meaning. You can't literally feel the act of telling.02br
01i00I feel him slapping my back.02i00 = I feel (literally, through the sense of touch) that he is slappi
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0ok, so when we can literally (physically) feel it, objective pronoun will be appropriate02br
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00And how about this: I heard him saying / coming VS I heard he is saying / coming02br
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0 You are literally hearing these things as sounds, so use the form with 01i00-ing02i00.02br
01i00I heard him saying that he would be late.02i02br
01i00I heard him coming into the room.02i02br
00But if you heard 01u00the news02u00 that he said something or that he came into the room:0
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