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Taka Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

feel/think

·I felt as if I were in a strange place.
·I thought as if I were in a strange place.

Do they both make sense? If they do, do they make the same sense or not?
  

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The first is OK. On the 2nd: Thinking is not feeling, it is a rational process. In that respect, the 2nd sentence is a bit strange.

  • The first is OK.
  • On the 2nd: Thinking is not feeling, it is a rational process.
  • In that respect, the 2nd sentence is a bit strange.
  • It could be used, IMO, only when you would assess that your thinking/the operation of your mind would be changed as a result of potentially/virtually being in a strange place.
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The first is OK.

On the 2nd:
Thinking is not feeling, it is a rational process.

In that respect, the 2nd sentence is a bit strange. It could be used, IMO, only when you would assess that your thinking/the operation of your mind would be changed as a result of potentially/virtually being in a strange place.

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Marius HancuThe first is OK.

On the 2nd:
Thinking is not feeling, it is a rational process.

In that respect, the 2nd sentence is a bit strange. It could be used, IMO, only when you would assess that your thinking/the operation of your mind would be changed as a result of potentially/virtually being in a strange place.

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