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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Affliction

If 'affliction' itself means 'a state of pain' then why do people say 'I'm afflicted with pain'! Why not just say 'I'm afflicted'?
  

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Because you could also be afflicted with remorse or something else.

  • Because you could also be afflicted with remorse or something else.
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Because you could also be afflicted with remorse or something else.

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