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Liveinjapan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Most strongly

People might feel the idea of 'time flies' most strongly in this time of year.

Could you please check my above sentence?
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Hi LiJ I don't know what the natives think but to my mind it's not a good idea to have idea as an object of feel . I don't think one can "feel an idea". In is the wrong preposition in your sentence.

— Cool Breeze

  • Hi LiJ I don't know what the natives think but to my mind it's not a good idea to have idea as an object of feel .
  • I don't think one can "feel an idea".
  • In is the wrong preposition in your sentence.
  • My suggestion: People might/could subscribe to the idea that time flies most strongly at this time of [the] year.
  • Most strongly can be associated incorrectly with time flies , though.
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Hi LiJ

I don't know what the natives think but to my mind it's not a good idea to have idea as an object of feel. I don't think one can "feel an idea". In is the wrong preposition in your sentence. My suggestion: People might/could subscribe to the idea that time flies most strongly at this time of [the] year. Most strongly can be associated incorrectly with
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Thanks so much, CB.
Cool BreezeAt this time of the year people might/could subscribe most strongly to the idea that time flies.
I understand yours is the best.
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LiveinjapanHow about this?
At this time of year people might feel most strongly about the idea that time flies.
It's correct English but "to feel strongly about" doesn't have the meaning of "subscribe to", which in your sentence means more or less the same as "agree with". You could say, for example: He feels very strongly about human rights. (= Hum
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'subscribe to' is useful words here!
Thanks for teaching me this.
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