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Is it wrong to say : Some people work such long hours that they may ache from stress.?
I know that it is common to use 'suffer' in such context. A non-native speaker told me that we cannot say "a person aches from stress". I told him it is correct to say so. Am I right? Is there an entry from a dictionary where I can find "ache" used in this way?
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Omar Ahmed Is there an entry from a dictionary where I can find "ache" used in this way? I doubt it. it for sentences that contain both "stress" and "ache", and there were very few.
- Omar Ahmed Is there an entry from a dictionary where I can find "ache" used in this way?
- I doubt it.
- it for sentences that contain both "stress" and "ache", and there were very few.
- None of them had "ache from stress", and only one had the verb "ache".
- They were all like this, with the noun "ache": A worker experiencing stress might develop symptoms such as stomach ache or head ache .
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Omar AhmedIs there an entry from a dictionary where I can find "ache" used in this way?
I doubt it. I checked fraze.it for sentences that contain both "stress" and "ache", and there were very few. None of them had "ache from stress", and only one had the verb "ache". They were all like this, with the noun "ache":
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