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Xeno_good Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Do you say "Are you having problem sleeping

0 Hello, I need some help on the following sentence, can someone help me please.02br
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00Do you say "Are you having problem sleeping?" or "Are you having sleeping problem?" ?02br
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00From my native language translation, its "Are you having problem sleeping?" but I am not sure if the sentence is correct in english.02br
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0 I'd say: "Are you having problems sleeping?" (problem + s) 0-
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00Or "Are you having 01font00a02font00 problem sleeping?" 02br
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0 Can we say " sleeping problem" in any sentences(put "s" on sentence after any is correct, right)? If yes,when can we use that?02br
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00I always think about the phrase "Chicken Rice and Rice Chicken" in which Chicken rice is the correct phrase since the meaning is at the end of the phrase. Like, Chicken rice is some kind of rice and there is no such thing as rice chicken
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0Unlike Rice Chicken, however, both of these are possible.02br
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00Are you having a sleeping problem? = describing the problem using the word sleeping as an adjective02br
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00Are you having a problem sleeping? = are you having a problem (with) sleeping02br
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00I would personally tend to say "Are you having a problem sleeping?"
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10No. I say, "Are you having trouble sleeping?"02br
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Do you also say "Are you having problems sleeping"? - with an "s"

Is there any difference between "are you having problemS sleeping" and "are you having a problem sleeping"?

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Hi,,

No, not really.

Clive
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AnonymousIs there any difference between "are you having problemS sleeping" and "are you having a problem sleeping"?
I would take the version with "problems" to be more general -- night after night on a regular basis.

I would take the version with "a problem" to be specific to the case at hand -- during a specific instance of trying to fall asleep.

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