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Today's American English question
An easy one, this time, I hope.
What is your assumption when someone says 'I feel sick'?
Do you assume that they're nauseous and about to throw up?
Or might they have a headache, flu, a fever, or any other ailment?
Or put it another way.... if you had to draw a cartoon to illustrate the sentence 'I feel sick', what would you draw?
Many thanks :)
NB As you might have guessed, I'm trying to get my head around the extent of the difference between B.E. and A.E. with regard to this statement.
2017年10月15日 14:24
解答 · 15
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Hi Su.ki,
It really depends on the context. For me, "I feel sick" can range from I-have-a-fever, to I-am-going-to-throw-up-in-a-moment, to something more figurative i.e., Established context + I am sick/I feel sick. In other words, if somebody told me that they felt sick, I would ask them why if I didn't already understand the situation.
2017年10月15日
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It depends a lot on the context. It can be nauseous or other things. It can also be an emotional statement
2017年10月15日
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probably the first one, but I would ask a follow-up question, such as "what do you mean?" or "What's wrong?"!
2017年10月15日
As has already been said, context makes all the difference.
It's often best not to make any assumptions - that's why it is said "assume makes an ass of you and me"(ass-u-me)
Short sentences frequently only make sense when used in context.
2017年10月15日
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