Is the only way to gain proficiency in this area of the English
language is to develop a feeling for this type these types of words over a long
period of time? |
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Yes and no. Yes, eventually proficiency is developed by working
with the language for a long time. But it may not take as long as
you think. It depends on the person.
A feeling is a particular feeling, as the definition says.
Anger, happiness, fear, joy -- these are all feelings. You can
even have vague and nameless feelings, like the feeling that something
is crawling up your back!
Feeling is emotion or passion or the fact that emotion or
passion is present in some action, as the examples show. A good
example is that in rehearsals in the performing arts -- music, dance,
theatre -- the director may believe that the performers are not putting
their hearts into the performance enough, and he will say "
Once again, with feeling!", that is, with more passion, acting more involved and interested in what they are doing. He doesn't want them to
have a feeling; he wants them to perform
with feeling.
In general, remember that
meaning is use. Google
feeling, or
with feeling, or
the feeling, or
feelings, etc.,
and study the use of the word in context and you will come across
examples that will clarify the use of the word -- as well as examples
which will make your head spin! But you can ask further questions
on this forum if you get a headachy
feeling!
CJ