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Grammar and Linguistics > feel stress or stressed
feel stress or stressed
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light Blue
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feel stress or stressed
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hello people :) wanna ask ..... when we have to use "I feel stress" and when to use "I feel stressed" ? and is there any difference in meaning ? |
10 May 2015
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cunliffe
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We use stressed as an adjective, so we say �I feel stressed/I �m stressed. � Stress as a noun, �How do you cope with stress? � You could reply, �I do feel/get stress, but I cope by having a little glass, � However, you are more likely to reply, �I do get stressed.... � |
10 May 2015
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light Blue
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OH , thank you for help dear ..... but do u mean that "I feel stress" is grammatically wrong? |
10 May 2015
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cunliffe
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No, not wrong exactly. It �s like saying, �I feel excitement, � rather than �I feel excited. � I can think of examples where you would use it e.g. �I could feel the stress coursing through me... � I hope you will get a better explanation! |
10 May 2015
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Peter Hardy
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No, that �s not wrong, but not something we �d say when we mean we �re stressed. The noun is more used like the example Lynne gave you. My example: I don �t drink when I �m stressed. I prefer a good massage to get rid of the daily stress. Cheers, Peter r
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10 May 2015
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cunliffe
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I love that gif! That squirrel no longer feels any stress! He felt stressed yesterday when the cat chased him. |
10 May 2015
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yanogator
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As you can tell from the answers so far, the difference is a little difficult to see. You will usually say "II feel/am stressed" to describe the effect something has on you. If you say "I feel stress", it is a more general statement about the sense/awareness of the stress, rather than how it is affecting your body at the moment. So, to generalize (probably too much), in almost all situations, it �s better to use "stressed" with the word "feel".
Bruce |
10 May 2015
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