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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

voluntary vs involuntary verbs

A.
1. I smell something burning.(involuntary verb)
2. I am smiling if something is burning.(voluntary verb)

similarly

B.
1. Now I feel the heat of the sun.
2. Now I am feeling the heat the heat of the sun.

Here I can't differentiate which one is voluntary and which one is involuntary verb between the two sentences(B.1. and b.2.) above?
  

Top answer

I'd say IV in B1, you cant decide to feel the heat of the sun, you just feel it.

  • I'd say IV in B1, you cant decide to feel the heat of the sun, you just feel it.
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I'd say IV in B1, you cant decide to feel the heat of the sun, you just feel it.
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roky0071B.1. Now I feel the heat of the sun.2. Now I am feeling the heat the heat of the sun.Here I can't differentiate which one is voluntary and which one is involuntary verb between the two sentences(B.1. and b.2.) above?
You are 93 million miles too far away from the sun to feel it in the voluntary sense. To feel something in the voluntary sense you have

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