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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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I feel very shocked and shame.

I feel very shocked and shame.
I feel much shocked and ashame.
I feel shame.

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The usual way of saying this would be "I feel (very) (shocked and) ashamed". I feel very shocked and shame. -- for this sentence to work, "shame" would have to be an adjective, which it isn't.

  • The usual way of saying this would be "I feel (very) (shocked and) ashamed".
  • I feel very shocked and shame.
  • -- for this sentence to work, "shame" would have to be an adjective, which it isn't.
  • I feel much shocked and ashame.
  • -- I was about to assert that there is no such word as "ashame", but according to one or two dictionaries there actually is.
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The usual way of saying this would be "I feel (very) (shocked and) ashamed".

I feel very shocked and shame. -- for this sentence to work, "shame" would have to be an adjective, which it isn't.

I feel much shocked and ashame. -- I was about to assert that there is no such word as "ashame", but according to one or two dictionaries there actually is. It apparently is a

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