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Hi,Could you please check for me if I have made any mistake in these sentences?Acidic drinks might irritate our empty stomach. (Same meaning as in" inflame" however we don't feel "inflammation", we do feel "irritation") (Discomfort)I felt irritated after drinking lemon water, even it had been diluted. (Discomfort)My irritation have gone after I have taken some solid foods. (Discomfort)Cheers

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John Aki
Acidic drinks might irritate our empty stomach. (Same meaning as in" inflame" however we don't feel "inflammation", we do feel "irritation") (Discomfort)
I felt irritated after drinking lemon water, even it had been diluted. (Discomfort)
My irritation have gone after I have taken some solid foods. (Discomfort)

OK. Here's how an English speaker would say those:

Acidic drinks can irritate an empty stomach.
My stomach felt irritated after I drank some water with just a little lemon in it.
The irritation went away after I ate some solid food.

'irritate' is a little unusual because if you say "I felt irritated", it means you are annoyed. Something has made you angry or upset. But if you say that your stomach felt irritated, it does not have that meaning.

It's wrong to say My irritation have gone because 'irritation' is singular. It needs the verb 'has', not 'have'. My irritation has gone would be correct.

However, that last sentence is also wrong because you can't use the present perfect tense (has gone) together with an after-clause or with a before-clause or with a when-clause. Any mention of a specific time (on Tuesday, at 5 o'clock, after I took a nap, when I walked to school, etc.) means you can't use the present perfect tense. You have to use the simple past instead. That's why I changed have gone to went away.

CJ

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