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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I got something

Can I say, "I got malaria", "I got Aids", "I got jaundice", "I got stomach pain", "I got back pain"?

Please help me.
  

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'got' can be used informally to mean 'caught' with regards to diseases. Stomach pain and back pain are not diseases and cannot be 'caught' or 'got'. Did you have a nice holiday?

— Nona the brit

  • 'got' can be used informally to mean 'caught' with regards to diseases.
  • Stomach pain and back pain are not diseases and cannot be 'caught' or 'got'.
  • Did you have a nice holiday?
  • No, I got malaria!
  • If you just mean to make a simple statement of your current condition then 'have' is correct.
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'got' can be used informally to mean 'caught' with regards to diseases. Stomach pain and back pain are not diseases and cannot be 'caught' or 'got'.

Did you have a nice holiday? No, I got malaria!

If you just mean to make a simple statement of your current condition then 'have' is correct. I have malaria. I have a stomach pain. I have back-ache.
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I wouldn't say "I got back pain," but I think "I got a backache" or "I got a stomach-ache" would be okay.
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