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Could you please say which of the phrases is correct (or better) - "to feel happy" or "to feel happiness"? Thanks in advance
  

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Anonymous Could you please say which of the phrases is correct (or better) - "to feel happy" or "to feel happiness"? Thanks in advance Your question is too vaugue. Without contexts, it's difficult to determine what you have in mind.

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  • Anonymous Could you please say which of the phrases is correct (or better) - "to feel happy" or "to feel happiness"?
  • Thanks in advance Your question is too vaugue.
  • Without contexts, it's difficult to determine what you have in mind.
  • I'd say, both "feeling happy" and "feeling the happiness" are possible with the proper contexts.
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AnonymousCould you please say which of the phrases is correct (or better) - "to feel happy" or "to feel happiness"? Thanks in advance
Your question is too vaugue. Without contexts, it's difficult to determine what you have in mind.
I'd say, both "feeling happy" and "feeling the happiness" are possible with the proper contexts.
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The usual everyday expression is "to feel happy".

"to feel happiness" feels more literary and, to me, rather more profound.
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AnonymousCould you please say which of the phrases is correct (or better) - "to feel happy" or "to feel happiness"?
Unless you are doing psychoanalysis, the phrase is "to feel happy".

Otherwise:

The patient has been suffering from clinical depression for 30 years and is therefore unable to feel happiness at even the most joyful occasions.
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