Please enlighten me
Hi teachers. I posted this yesterday...
I would like to know which of sentence 1, 2 or 3 is most natural:
"Why don't you want to see me? Because you still don't feel very good?"
"Why don't you want to see me? Because you still aren't feeling very good?"
"Why don't you want to see me? Because you're still not feeling very good?"
To where an anonymous kindly answered this...
Between the 3, # 3 is the closest to being correct, and the reason is that when we say "feeling good" vs " feeling well", the connotation to shift.
"Feeling good" suggests being happy, upbeat, no negative vibes. It is correct to say that.
"Feeling well" refers to one's positive physical as well as emotional state, no sickness.
So if your friend was asking why you didn't want to see him, you should say" Because you're still not feeling well, ( I don't want to disturb yo.)
Is this correct?
It's just that I have read that "good" is used regarding emotional state.
If someone is having a depression which is an illness but mostly is about one's emotional state, is it possible to use "feeling good" about that? Please enlighten me.
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anonymous If someone is having a depression which is an illness but mostly is about one's emotional state, is it possible to use "feeling good" about that? Please enlighten me. If someone is depressed, or having any kind of emotional, physical, or mental illness, he should not be feeling "well", let alone feeling"good".
- anonymous If someone is having a depression which is an illness but mostly is about one's emotional state, is it possible to use "feeling good" about that?
- Please enlighten me.
- If someone is depressed, or having any kind of emotional, physical, or mental illness, he should not be feeling "well", let alone feeling"good".
- These are scenarios in which people may say these: I am not feeling well, (could be feeling light-headed / feeling the flu symptoms/ stomach ache/ Nauseated etc ) I would like to leave early today if it is ok.
- Under these scenarios, "well" is the word to use.
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anonymousIf someone is having a depression which is an illness but mostly is about one's emotional state, is it possible to use "feeling good" about that? Please enlighten me.
If someone is depressed, or having any kind of emotional, physical, or mental illness, he should not be feeling "well", let alone feeling"good".
These are scenarios in which p
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