Rami1511 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"Didn't Feel" or "Felt Nothing"
"Did+not+verb" and "Verb+Nothing"
is there a difference (in meaning) ?
is there a difference (in meaning) ?
Top answer
"did not + verb" (by itself) only works with intransitive verbs; "verbed + nothing" only works with transitive verbs. So, your question is applicable only to verbs that can be either transitive or intransitive, and in contexts where both forms fit and make sense. Intransitive "feel" (at least, "feel" with no arguments) hardly exists, so I don't think that your example is very viable.
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"did not + verb" (by itself) only works with intransitive verbs; "verbed + nothing" only works with transitive verbs. So, your question is applicable only to verbs that can be either transitive or intransitive, and in contexts where both forms fit and make sense. Intransitive "feel" (at least, "feel" with no arguments) hardly exists, so I don't think that your example is very viable. "eat" might b
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