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Discover LudwigThe phrase "it grabbed me" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe an experience which elicited a powerful emotional response. For example: As I watched the powerful scene unfold on the screen, it grabbed me, and I found myself starting to cry.
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It grabbed me with all its great driving passion and grit.
It grabbed me and thrust me in its midst.
"It grabbed me".
"It grabbed me because it's true blue, which is unusual in nature," she said.
It grabbed me from the first page and kept getting deeper and more powerful". "[A] well-told and nimble tale,..
"I wasn't the kind of person who was interested [in babies], only then it grabbed me with a ferocity.
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Does it grab me?
"Like a wolf, it grabs me around the throat and it won't let go," he says.
Whatever it is, it grabs me, and almost daily I click on a link to find out more.
For instances like instance (9), the probe questions distinguishing Impact (Did it grab me?) and Quality (Did I like it?) are not sufficiently helpful to determine whether 'good' realises Impact or Quality.
The probe question for Quality 'Did I like it?' provokes an emotive reaction, which can be confused with Impact, the probe question of which also provokes an emotive reaction 'Did it grab me?'.
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