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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

He got nettled by his prolonged fever

0He got nettled by his prolonged fever.02br
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0 Grammatically, yes, but it sounds very odd to be 'nettled' by an illness. 0-

  • 0 Grammatically, yes, but it sounds very odd to be 'nettled' by an illness.
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0 Grammatically, yes, but it sounds very odd to be 'nettled' by an illness. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Grammatically, yes, but it sounds very odd to be 'nettled' by an illness.12blockquote
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00Can I use, `peeved' in place of `nettled'?0-
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0 Yes, but it would be better as "He 01b00was/became02b00 peeved by his prolonged fever".0-

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