Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 7 years agoI pity smb употребляется реже: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=I+pity+her%2CI+feel+sorry+for+her&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CI%20pity%20her%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CI%20feel%20sorry%20for%20her%3B%2Cc0