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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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0I haven't exercised for almost a year and I have spent much time surfing the internet. Recently, 01b00I felt the joint between my right shoulder and right arm hurt persistently02b00. Whenever it's possible,01b00 I try to exercise my right arm a little by waving it back and forth.02b02br
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00I tried to say this to a collegue to explain away why I moved my right arms up and down gently. Correct me if I am wrong, especially the part in bold. Thanks.02br
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0 The shoulder01u 00 is02u 00 a joint. 0-

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  • 0 The shoulder01u 00 is02u 00 a joint.
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0 The shoulder01u00 is02u00 a joint. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10The shoulder11u10 is12u10 a joint. 12br
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10Thanks, Marius.02br
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00But I couldn't figure out what you mean. Would you throw a bit more light? 0-
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0 Hi Angliholic02br
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00It's enough to simply refer to your 'right shoulder'.02br
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00Your sentences are understandable, but a bit awkward. Here is a suggestion for how you could say it differently:02br
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01i00Lately, my right shoulder has been aching persistently. Since rotating/waving my right arm seems to help, I try
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi Angliholic12br
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10It's enough to simply refer to your 'right shoulder'.12br
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10Your sentences are understandable, but a bit awkward. Here is a suggestion for how you could say it differently:12br
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11i10Lately, my right shoulder has bee
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I tried to say this to a colle01b01i00a02i02b00gue to explain away why I moved my right01font01b00 arms02b02font00 up and down gently. Correct me if I am wrong02font02br
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00I only have one right ar
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0 Hi Angliholic02br
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00The word 'persistently' works with 'ache', but it doesn't work as well with 'hurt', and it really doesn't work at all with 'kill'. That's no problem, though. It's enough to use the present perfect continuous:02br
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00"My right shoulder has been hurting." 02br
00"My right shoulder has been killing me."0-
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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11font10I tried to say this to a colle11b11i10a12i12b10gue to explain away why I moved my right11font11b10 11u11i11font10arms12font
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi Angliholic12br
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10The word 'persistently' works with 'ache', but it doesn't work as well with 'hurt', and it really doesn't work at all with 'kill'. That's no problem, though. It's enough to use the present perfect continuous:12br
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10"My right shoulder has been h
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0 Hi Angliholic02br
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00Clive was pointing out an error in your original post. You wrote "right arm01b00s02b00" instead of "right arm".0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi Angliholic12br
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10Clive was pointing out an error in your original post. You wrote "right arm11b10s12b10" instead of "right arm".12br
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10Thanks, Yankee.02br
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00I check my original post one more time and
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