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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

DIFFERENCE

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SICK AND ILL?
  

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Please don't capitalize everything! As I understand it, in Britain being ill means suffering from a disease, and being sick means vomiting, or at least it can mean vomiting. S.

  • Please don't capitalize everything!
  • As I understand it, in Britain being ill means suffering from a disease, and being sick means vomiting, or at least it can mean vomiting.
  • S.
  • the two are equivalent and mean suffering from a disease.
  • CJ
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Please don't capitalize everything!

As I understand it, in Britain being ill means suffering from a disease, and being sick means vomiting, or at least it can mean vomiting.

In the U.S. the two are equivalent and mean suffering from a disease.

CJ

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