It makes me feel tired just think about it

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“It makes me feel tired just think about it.” Is this sentence okay? I mean grammatically correct? Do people say that?

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No, I would say “it makes me tired just to think about it” would be more suitable.

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Or “It makes me tired just thinking about it.”

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Thanks a lot!

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One of my friends made a sentence like this: “I never think but feel tired. I never think without feeling tired.” Do they make sense?

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The only problem is that the sentence is missing one word. “It makes me feel tired just TO think about it” is a perfectly acceptable sentence in my part of the English-speaking world. I have likely said it myself numerous times.

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“I never think but feel tired. I never think without feeling tired.” Sentence 2 is ok. I don’t think I understand sentence 1.

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Thanks a lot. But what does this sentence “I never think without feeling tired” actually mean?

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It seems to mean that every time I think it makes me feel tired. But it’s not totally clear. A time adverb might help. Like “I never eat without washing my hands first” or “I never eat without washing the dishes afterwards.”

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I keep thinking about that SImpsons episode with the Malibu Stacy that says, “Math makes my head hurt.”

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I would say “I feel tired just thinking about it” or “It makes me feel tired just thinking about it” – by which I would mean “it sounds so hard that even the thought of doing it exhausts me”. I’m a native speaker and this is definitely something I’ve said before.

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Yes, “It makes me tired just thinking about it” is the most common one.

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