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Samerrustom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Allergy VS Allergic

The girl has an allergy to flower pollen.
He's allergic to nuts, and I'm allergic to pollen.

Could I use allergic in the first example instead of allergy, help me please?
  

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samerrustom Could I use allergic in the first example instead of allergy, help me please? If you write that the girl is allergic to pollen. You don't need the word "flower".

  • samerrustom Could I use allergic in the first example instead of allergy, help me please?
  • If you write that the girl is allergic to pollen.
  • You don't need the word "flower".
  • Pollen comes from flowers so, it's unnecessary.
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samerrustomCould I use allergic in the first example instead of allergy, help me please?
If you write that the girl is allergic to pollen. You don't need the word "flower". Pollen comes from flowers so, it's unnecessary.
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Pollen also comes from gymnosperms.

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