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Nazanin saryazdi Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

sting

should we say "I've got a wasp sting" or "I have a wasp sting" or "I got a wasp sting"? Is the third one used for past?
  

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I don't think I would naturally use any of those. I would say "I've been stung by a wasp" (recent; effects still noticeable) or "I was stung by a wasp" (historical).

  • I don't think I would naturally use any of those.
  • I would say "I've been stung by a wasp" (recent; effects still noticeable) or "I was stung by a wasp" (historical).
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I don't think I would naturally use any of those. I would say "I've been stung by a wasp" (recent; effects still noticeable) or "I was stung by a wasp" (historical).
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I have all three in my book. I need to know the differences. Could you please help me with those?
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"I've got a wasp sting" and "I have a wasp sting" are synonymous and are talking about your present condition/situation. The version with "got" is informal. In the UK it is extremely common in conversation to use "I've got" rather than "I have".

"I got a wasp sting" is talking about a past event when you were stung. (It is also possible for it to be used as a very casual (non-standard) sh
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Thank you so much.And you said the verb form is much more common, yes?
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nazanin saryazdiAnd you said the verb form is much more common, yes?
Sorry, I don't know what you mean by "the verb form". Which verb form?
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You said " I have been stung by a ..." is more natural than I've got a ... sting. (the first sentence: sting as a verb/ the second sentence: sting as a noun)
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nazanin saryazdiYou said " I have been stung by a ..." is more natural than I've got a ... sting. (the first sentence: sting as a verb/ the second sentence: sting as a noun)
For me, yes. However the other sentences are correct English and OK to use.
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GPY is right. I think that it'd better to use passive form of the verb.

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