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correct phrasing

 
 
Reply Mon 14 Jan, 2008 09:41 pm
I like this forum. I feel like we are one big family.

Is the sentence correct? I believe it is.

Many thanks.
 
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Reply Tue 15 Jan, 2008 12:39 am
Yes. It is perfectly normal.
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Reply Tue 15 Jan, 2008 12:44 am
Thanks, Contrex.

Excuse for asking such a simple question but, being a perfectionist, I will ask any question in which I've doubt.
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Reply Tue 15 Jan, 2008 11:18 am
It's perfectly normal and correct in colloquial speech. In very formal English many traditionalists would object to it, and would prefer some other construction, e.g.:

I feel that we are one big family.
I feel as though we were one big family.
I feel as if we were one big family.
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