Saying "I'm impressed" sounds better in this situation, Hesitate. It means that you are still impressed as you say this. Saying "I was impressed" would mean that you were talking about how impressed you felt as you fought. Presumably, if his skills impressed you a few moments ago, you are still impressed with them.
I am trying to find out the difference between "impressed by" and "impressed with". This is what I think: "impressed with" is followed by an inanimate object whereas "impressed by" is followed by a human.
What is the difference between "surprised" and "impressed"? Is that which meaning of "impressed"? "Cobb takes Saito into a two level dream. Saito understands that they are dreaming in the first level of the dream. When they come into the second level in the dream at first Saito don't know that...
Those verbs are forms of "to be", as is "being". "Being" is the correct form in this context. We couldn't help = we couldn't resist We couldn't resist being in the state where we felt impressed with him and his generosity. We couldn't resist being impressed with his generosity. If you take away "being" you take away describing their state.
You wouldn't say they "impressed you" because that has a different meaning - you thought they were really impressive or well-done. "The events really imprinted on me" is not idiomatic.
As a child, I was easily impressed upon by my surroundings. Can "impressed upon" be used in this way? I mean it to have the same meaning as "shaped" or "moulded". Thanks!
Hello. I've seen a sentence "He was not impressed at being manhandled.". Shouldn't there be "with" or "by" instead of "at"? I've never seen such usage mentioned in a dictionary, although I've found lots of results on Google looking for similar phrases with "at". Thank you in advance for your...