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0 Because they are talking about the 01b00thing02b00 which makes them feel great! 02br
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00"I feel great" (I feel pretty good about everything right now) 02br
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00You should have an Indian Head Massage, it feels great. (The Indian head massage feels great o your head) 0-

0 Yes, 'feel' is a verb that works 'in both directions'. 02br
00If you massage my shoulder, I might say: 02br
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00My shoulder feels great. 02br
00The massage feels great. 02br
00It feels great (where it can be either the massage or my shoulder) 02br
00I feel great 02br
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00Context is important. 02br

0 Well, 02br
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00Logically: 02br
00Your shoulder is part of your body, so it makes sense when you say, "It(Your shoulder) feels great." 02br
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00Massage itself doesn't have the capability to feel, so it makes no sense whey you say, "It(the massage) feels great." As Abbie mentioned it was the massage that made your shoulder feel great. 0

0 Sorry for the typo there, MTL. I think I meant to type "on your head". 02br
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00As a non-native speaker, I can easily tell the contradiction. 12blockquote

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00The verb "feel" is both transitive and intransitive, therfore there is absolutely no contracdiction in saying "the massage feels great". So whether it is y

0 I agree - it's like saying "it looks good -- it smells wonderful -- that sounds great." There's nothing wrong with saying "the massage feels good," or "the silk feels smooth" or "the skin of a dolphin feels like wet rubber." It doesn't mean the dolphin itself feels that way, rather, it causes that feeling in those who touch it. 0-

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00S + FEEL + ADJ 12blockquote

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00This is the pattern we are discussing. subject + feel + adjective 02br
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00Maybe great, good, wonderful are too general. Let me switch to other adjectives. 02br
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00I feel lonely. Do you say, "It feels lonely?" 02br


0 I think some context would help here, meantolearn. Both "I feel lonely" and "It feels lonely" (and all the other examples) are correct sentences in and of themselves. If you're asking whether or not they're interchangable, the answer is no, they carry different meanings. You would never normally say, "It feels lonely" in reference to yourself. 0-

0 Hi YC, 02br
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00I don't have any specific context. Since you are a native speaker, you might tell me when you would say 'It feels lonely' or 'It feels hungry' or 'It feels quilty'. 02br
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00Thanks for the reply. 0-

0 "Sometimes it feels lonely to be here in the big city surrounded by millions of people." 02br
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00MTL, learning a language is not simply a matter of learning vocabulary, grammar and word order. You also need to get a feel for it, and recognise that although you can say "it feels lovely" (subject + 'feel' + adverb) that formula does not apply to every adverb of feeling y