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Slocawber Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Illnesses
Hello.
I found in a book the following distinction:
My leg/arm hurts.
(and)
I've got a pain in foot/back/chest.
Does this mean that one wouldn't say 'I've got a pain in my leg'
and 'My foot hurts'?
Or they're practically equivalent?
Thanks
P.S. Isn't it better to say 'in my foot' or 'in a foot'?
I found in a book the following distinction:
My leg/arm hurts.
(and)
I've got a pain in foot/back/chest.
Does this mean that one wouldn't say 'I've got a pain in my leg'
and 'My foot hurts'?
Or they're practically equivalent?
Thanks
P.S. Isn't it better to say 'in my foot' or 'in a foot'?
Top answer
" is wrong. A determiner -- normally "my", but possibly "the" -- is required. "My foot/back/chest/arm/leg/etc.
- " is wrong.
- A determiner -- normally "my", but possibly "the" -- is required.
- "My foot/back/chest/arm/leg/etc.
- hurts" are all OK.
- I don't understand what distinction the book is trying to make.
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"I've got a pain in foot/back/chest/arm/leg/etc." is wrong. A determiner -- normally "my", but possibly "the" -- is required.
"My foot/back/chest/arm/leg/etc. hurts" are all OK.
I don't understand what distinction the book is trying to make.
"My foot/back/chest/arm/leg/etc. hurts" are all OK.
I don't understand what distinction the book is trying to make.
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