I felt / I was feeling

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:54 pm

Could you please tell me if there is any difference between:
"I felt worried" and "I was feeling worried"

Stephen Jones · Post by **Stephen Jones** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:58 pm

To say whether there is a difference or not we would need to see the whole sentence.. The progressive aspect draws attention to the time involved (it is telling you it has a beginning and an end) but on occasion that does not make any difference.

So there may well be no difference between these two sentences
I felt worried when I went for the interview
I was feeling worried when I went for the interview.

The second one is more likely to imply that the worry was dissipated, but not necessarily.