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Xiaopengyo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Sentence check

Please help me to check this sentence. Many thanks.

" This injury is quite difficult to get recovery."

or

" This injury is quite difficult to heal. "

which one sounds correct, or any other way to write.
  

Top answer

Hi, I suggest 'This injury is quite difficult to recover from'. Best wishes, Clive

  • Hi, I suggest 'This injury is quite difficult to recover from'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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8 Answers
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Hi,

I suggest 'This injury is quite difficult to recover from'.

Best wishes, Clive
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Neither sounds natural, Xiaopengyo.

This injury is healing slowly.
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Thanks a lot, Clive.

You mean I can write the sentence like " This injury is quite difficult to recover from the treatment."

sounds correct?
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Hi,

No.

You recover from the injury.

You don't recover from the treatment. ( Unless you have a very incompetent doctor
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Thank you very much for your help, Mister Micawber.

I will correct the sentence.

Sorry to disturb you often.
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Thanks a lot. Clive[Y]

For Example: Recovery from the Overuse Occupational Syndrome sometimes is quite difficult.

is this sentence correct ?

Can we say this way: Recovering from the Overuse Occupational Syndrome sometimes is slow.

Because of overuse due to occupations sometimes takes long time to recover.

Thank you fo
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Hi,

Recovery from the Overuse Occupational Syndrome sometimes is quite difficult. OK

Recovering from the Overuse Occupational Syndrome sometimes is slow. OK, but I'd say 'recovery' rather than 'recovering'.

Because of overuse due to occupations sometimes takes long time to recover. Not correct.

It takes a long time to recover from Ove
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Referecing to the sentence, I have a few pennies worth along with a qusetion.

What exactly is "Overuse Occupational Syndrome"? The word that troubles me most is "overuse".

I rarely heard people describing a "Recovery" as difficult because the tone of it offers little in comfort; although it is possible in certain context. Perhaps: A long recovery, slow discovery,

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