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mings
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 Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:11 am Post subject: pain |
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Please help which sentence is correct.
1. For a long time after the accident,s he suffered from constant pain in her back.
2. For a long time after the accident,she suffered from constant ache in her back.
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admiral
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Both are correct, I think.
The only thing you should notice is that "pain" is a singular form of the plural "pains", but "ache" is a plural form itself.
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Hayde
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
an "ache" is less painful than "pain".
So #1 would be very bad, probably could never do any lifting.
#2 it would always have a little pain, but she could still do things like lifting.
That is just what I think when I hear them. Like admiral said, both are correct.
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advoca
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: pain |
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| mings wrote: |
Please help which sentence is correct.
1. For a long time after the accident, she suffered from constant pain in her back.
2. For a long time after the accident,she suffered from constant ache in her back.
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Both is correct (But in 2 she would suffer from a constant ache)
Pain is a feeling that you have in a part of your body when you are hurt or become ill.
It is simply one of many pains you can have. For example, you can have a sharp pain, a dull pain, a throbbing pain, a constant pain, or an ache. They are all different.
An ache is a continuous pain that is unpleasant, but not very strong. It is less discomforting than constant pain. |
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Hayde
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, advoca is right. a constant ache is correct grammar, but when I was back in Canada, I started to hear it without the a. But that could just be lazy speakers. What advoca said will always be correct, I don't know about my answer 
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ffflash
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe in sentence 2, it should be "constant aching" in her back. |
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kora
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| ffflash wrote: |
| Maybe in sentence 2, it should be "constant aching" in her back. |
2. For a long time after the accident,she suffered from constant ache in her back.
"ache" is a noun..
I think no need to change it into a gerund.... |
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