Continued from Tony Perez's Electronic Diary (October 19, 2018 - March 12, 2019) http://tonyperezphilippinescyberspacebook41.blogspot.com/

Photo by JR Dalisay / April 21, 2017

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Wrong: I feel amazed.

Right: I am amazed.

Amazement is not an emotion. It is a MENTAL STATE.

Wrong: I feel  indifferent.

Right: I am indiferent.

Indifference is not an emotion. It is an ATTITUDE.

Right: I feel nothing.

Correct, bearing in mind that apathy is essentially a PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION bordering on neurosis.

Especially if you are a writer, know your emotions, their terms, their descriptions, and their references. Do not mix apples with oranges. Otherwise your readers will be walking around with your ignorance in their pockets.

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