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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
How it feels/What it feels like
Hello,
I have seen/heard a lot of people use them interchangeably, but I hardly ever use them this way. I would say "How does it feel to be a movie star? I wouldn't use the other construction.
The difference is even more visible in "How do I look? and "What do I look like? The two have different meanings. Now, am I splitting hairs or that's how we use them. Where do I go wrong?
Thank you
I have seen/heard a lot of people use them interchangeably, but I hardly ever use them this way. I would say "How does it feel to be a movie star? I wouldn't use the other construction.
The difference is even more visible in "How do I look? and "What do I look like? The two have different meanings. Now, am I splitting hairs or that's how we use them. Where do I go wrong?
Thank you
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,I have seen/heard a lot of people use them interchangeably Well, they are both wrong; I don't think you have heard any native speakers use those as questions. Gene93 I would say "How does it feel So would I. Gene93 "How do I look?
- ,I have seen/heard a lot of people use them interchangeably Well, they are both wrong; I don't think you have heard any native speakers use those as questions.
- Gene93 I would say "How does it feel So would I.
- Gene93 "How do I look?
- and "What do I look like?
- The two have different meanings.
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Gene93How it feels/What it feels like ....,I have seen/heard a lot of people use them interchangeablyWell, they are both wrong; I don't think you have heard any native speakers use those as questions.
Gene93I would say "How does it feelSo would I.
Gene93 "How do I look? and "What do I look like? The
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Hello again. No, I didn't mean that. Nobody would ever say "How it feels/What it feels like". I just used them as a pattern.
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Oh, also, I said "Where do I go wrong?" not "Where have I gone wrong?" because I was not referring to the sentences in post #1. I was referring to the way I use them in general.
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Gene93"How it feels/What it feels like". I just used them as a pattern.Don't. It is the wrong pattern.
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I guess that was the first thing that came to me. I am glad I can at least use them correctly 
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Oh, one last question. In Tombstone, Wyatt Earp said to his brother Morgan "I was only ever mixed up in one shooting. Just one. A man lost his life and I took it. You don't wanna know how that feels, Morgan." Can't we say "You don't know what it feels like."? I think I have seen it used this way.
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I wonder if I may be misunderstanding this thread, but when I first read your question I thought you were asking about pairs like this:
"How does it feel to be a movie star?"
"What does it feel like to be a movie star?"
If so, these are both correct and are near enough interchangeable in meaning.
"How does it feel to be a movie star?"
"What does it feel like to be a movie star?"
If so, these are both correct and are near enough interchangeable in meaning.
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Also,
"What is it like to be [a movie star / the Queen of England / a bat / boring and myopic]?"
CJ
"What is it like to be [a movie star / the Queen of England / a bat / boring and myopic]?"
CJ
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Thank you, all. No, GPY, you are not misunderstanding it. In a very popular UK song by Ellie Goulding we hear "I'll show you what it feels like, now I am ..." Can we say "I will show you how it feels"? How would the substitution change the meaning?
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