Is it correct to say, "I don't feel to trust him," particularly in British English?
I'm actually a native speaker, but I live in Italy with my Italian wife, and so I've got so used to her (English language) mistakes, that sometimes I don't even know if they're mistakes or not.
In any case, this is something my wife says, but it doesn't sound quite natural to me, but I'm just not sure any more.
Is there a more natural way of saying it (in British English, or other dialects)?
Best Answer
I have come across this usage of the catenation feel + to-infinitive at Church ('I felt to ask him...'; 'I felt to go to ...') but consider it to be non-standard. I can't find dictionary or Google Ngram support for the catenative usage. Perhaps it is a downtoning of 'I felt led to ask him...' here.
The feel + that-clause
(whether the 'that' is included or not) is quite acceptable, of course.