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Lykers Posted 13 years ago
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exacerbated

His father's wound was exacerbated by the bacteria after a day's work.
  

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please help check my sentence if there is any issue, thanks in advance.
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lykersHis father's wound was exacerbated by the bacteria after a day's work.
The grammar is OK, but I don't think it makes much sense.
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Thanks for your review. Could you please elaborate it?
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I believe that the word exacerbated is acceptable here, although "aggravated" or "irritated" might be better in this case.

Also, I'd remove the word "the" before bacteria, because traditionally bacteria is not preceded by "the".

My ideal way of phrasing this sentence: "His father's wound was aggraved by bacteria after the day's work."
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His father's wound became infected after a day at work.

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