“I am not starving yet” is that correct English?
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I am trying to say "I am not feeling hunger at the moment, but I probably will in the nearest future." "I am not starving yet" - is that a proper English in general and particularly in that case of usage?
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I am trying to say "I am not feeling hunger at the moment, but I probably will in the nearest future." "I am not starving yet" - is that a proper English in general and particularly in that case of usage?
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Yep, it would be idiomatic, in a somewhat informal way. Though it tends to imply that you are already feeling a little hungry.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Starving and feeling hungry are not the same thing. Hungry is what you feel when you haven’t had a meal for six hours (or however long it takes for your appetite to return after a meal); starving is what people do in areas plagued by natural disasters with no food to eat – or by exaggeration how you feel when you’re really, really hungry. If you want to express that you’re not hungry at all now but will be soonish, just say “I’m not hungry yet”. If you are moderately hunger, you can say “I’m not starving yet”, with emphasis on starving.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 mins ago
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I am trying to say "I am not feeling hunger at the moment, but I probably will in the nearest future." "I am not starving yet" - is that a proper English in general and particularly in that case of usage?
usage questions sentence-patterns
asked 4 hours ago
freudefreude
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I am trying to say "I am not feeling hunger at the moment, but I probably will in the nearest future." "I am not starving yet" - is that a proper English in general and particularly in that case of usage?
usage questions sentence-patterns
usage questions sentence-patterns
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Yep, it would be idiomatic, in a somewhat informal way. Though it tends to imply that you are already feeling a little hungry.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Starving and feeling hungry are not the same thing. Hungry is what you feel when you haven’t had a meal for six hours (or however long it takes for your appetite to return after a meal); starving is what people do in areas plagued by natural disasters with no food to eat – or by exaggeration how you feel when you’re really, really hungry. If you want to express that you’re not hungry at all now but will be soonish, just say “I’m not hungry yet”. If you are moderately hunger, you can say “I’m not starving yet”, with emphasis on starving.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 mins ago
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Yep, it would be idiomatic, in a somewhat informal way. Though it tends to imply that you are already feeling a little hungry.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Starving and feeling hungry are not the same thing. Hungry is what you feel when you haven’t had a meal for six hours (or however long it takes for your appetite to return after a meal); starving is what people do in areas plagued by natural disasters with no food to eat – or by exaggeration how you feel when you’re really, really hungry. If you want to express that you’re not hungry at all now but will be soonish, just say “I’m not hungry yet”. If you are moderately hunger, you can say “I’m not starving yet”, with emphasis on starving.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 mins ago
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Yep, it would be idiomatic, in a somewhat informal way. Though it tends to imply that you are already feeling a little hungry.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Yep, it would be idiomatic, in a somewhat informal way. Though it tends to imply that you are already feeling a little hungry.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Starving and feeling hungry are not the same thing. Hungry is what you feel when you haven’t had a meal for six hours (or however long it takes for your appetite to return after a meal); starving is what people do in areas plagued by natural disasters with no food to eat – or by exaggeration how you feel when you’re really, really hungry. If you want to express that you’re not hungry at all now but will be soonish, just say “I’m not hungry yet”. If you are moderately hunger, you can say “I’m not starving yet”, with emphasis on starving.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 mins ago
Starving and feeling hungry are not the same thing. Hungry is what you feel when you haven’t had a meal for six hours (or however long it takes for your appetite to return after a meal); starving is what people do in areas plagued by natural disasters with no food to eat – or by exaggeration how you feel when you’re really, really hungry. If you want to express that you’re not hungry at all now but will be soonish, just say “I’m not hungry yet”. If you are moderately hunger, you can say “I’m not starving yet”, with emphasis on starving.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 mins ago
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Yep, it would be idiomatic, in a somewhat informal way. Though it tends to imply that you are already feeling a little hungry.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Starving and feeling hungry are not the same thing. Hungry is what you feel when you haven’t had a meal for six hours (or however long it takes for your appetite to return after a meal); starving is what people do in areas plagued by natural disasters with no food to eat – or by exaggeration how you feel when you’re really, really hungry. If you want to express that you’re not hungry at all now but will be soonish, just say “I’m not hungry yet”. If you are moderately hunger, you can say “I’m not starving yet”, with emphasis on starving.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 mins ago