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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Article before "toothache"?
"I have got toothache."
Is that sentence grammatically correct? I have seen "toothache" written several times without "a" before it and was unsure why, or if that's even appropriate.
Is that sentence grammatically correct? I have seen "toothache" written several times without "a" before it and was unsure why, or if that's even appropriate.
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In BrE we generally have toothache,earache, backache, stomach-ache , but a headache .
- In BrE we generally have toothache,earache, backache, stomach-ache , but a headache .
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In BrE we generally have toothache,earache, backache, stomach-ache, but a headache.
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In AmE the article is used before all of these:
I have a toothache.
I have a backache.
I have a stomachache.
I have a headache.
I have an earache.
I have a toothache.
I have a backache.
I have a stomachache.
I have a headache.
I have an earache.
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