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Levis1 Posted 9 years ago
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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?

  

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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.

  • 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.
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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

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