Is this sentence OK:
I got food poisoning twice here and it wasn't just minor stomach pain but a lot of vomiting.
Can it be used to describe more than one situation?
Although it is a common way to state it, the sentence might benefit from a bit of punctuation. I'm not sure of your meaning of the second question. 'food poisoning' is a resultant illness; 'minor stomach pain' and 'vomiting' are symptoms of that poisoning.
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Although it is a common way to state it, the sentence might benefit from a bit of punctuation. I'm not sure of your meaning of the second question.
'food poisoning' is a resultant illness; 'minor stomach pain' and 'vomiting' are symptoms of that poisoning. 'cramping' and 'headache' would also be symptoms. To improve the punctuation, I suggest:
"I twice developed food poisoning her