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“My throat has hurt for days. Perhaps I might have caught cold at the pool.”
Could you tell me whether that sentence sounds correct or not? Thanks in advance!
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I would say "caught a cold". Some people say "caught cold", so most likely this is just a personal thing, or possibly regional. You don't really need both "perhaps" and "might have", though it is not a big error to include both.
- I would say "caught a cold".
- Some people say "caught cold", so most likely this is just a personal thing, or possibly regional.
- You don't really need both "perhaps" and "might have", though it is not a big error to include both.
- Apart from these quibbles it is fine.
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I would say "caught a cold". Some people say "caught cold", so most likely this is just a personal thing, or possibly regional. You don't really need both "perhaps" and "might have", though it is not a big error to include both. Apart from these quibbles it is fine.
0fuchsiaMy throat has hurt for days.
Maybe it's just American English, but I hear the following more often.
My throat has been sore for days.
I've had a sore throat for days.
Like GPY, I say "caught a cold", but what you have is not wrong.
CJ
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