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PASTEL Posted 21 years ago
If I change the word order of the last two, the meaning should be the same, right? If so, why bother to have two different orders?
Thanks,
Pastel
Grammar
Stomach upset
Side effects may include haedache and stomach upset.
If I change the word order of the last two, the meaning should be the same, right? If so, why bother to have two different orders?
Thanks,
Pastel
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Hello Pastel Your question is interesting. Yes, it's true the phrases 'stomach upset' and 'upset stomach' are both used with almost equal frequencies. A tentative Google search hit 433,000 sites for the former and 466,000 sites for the latter.
- Hello Pastel Your question is interesting.
- Yes, it's true the phrases 'stomach upset' and 'upset stomach' are both used with almost equal frequencies.
- A tentative Google search hit 433,000 sites for the former and 466,000 sites for the latter.
- The 'stomach upset' can be interpreted as 'stomach(n) + upset (n)'.
- Here the noun 'stomach' is adjectivalzed like the 'head' in 'head-ache'.
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Hello Pastel
Your question is interesting. Yes, it's true the phrases 'stomach upset' and 'upset stomach' are both used with almost equal frequencies. A tentative Google search hit 433,000 sites for the former and 466,000 sites for the latter.
The 'stomach upset' can be interpreted as 'stomach(n) + upset (n)'. Here the noun 'stomach' is adjectivalzed like the 'head' in 'head-
Your question is interesting. Yes, it's true the phrases 'stomach upset' and 'upset stomach' are both used with almost equal frequencies. A tentative Google search hit 433,000 sites for the former and 466,000 sites for the latter.
The 'stomach upset' can be interpreted as 'stomach(n) + upset (n)'. Here the noun 'stomach' is adjectivalzed like the 'head' in 'head-
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Thank you, paco.
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If memory serves me well, you've mentioned that you are an English learner yourself. May I ask what's your mother tongue? Your explanation is good and easier understood. You remind me of Mirium, a GREAT moderator here before.
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If memory serves me well, you've mentioned that you are an English learner yourself. May I ask what's your mother tongue? Your explanation is good and easier understood. You remind me of Mirium, a GREAT moderator here before.
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Hi PASTEL
Thank you for the compliment. I was born 100% Japanese and so my mother tongue is Japanese. English learning is rather my hobby. I was trained as an engineer and now working as a college professor teaching something like environmental engineering. I lived in USA to make some research work but the stay was very short, only 10 months in total. So to tell the truth, I am very poo
Thank you for the compliment. I was born 100% Japanese and so my mother tongue is Japanese. English learning is rather my hobby. I was trained as an engineer and now working as a college professor teaching something like environmental engineering. I lived in USA to make some research work but the stay was very short, only 10 months in total. So to tell the truth, I am very poo
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Hi, Prof!
It's good and interesting to learn a foreign language from a non-stative point of view. I've found that, sometimes, learners prefer a native speaker's answer to a non-native's. I'm open to all opinions as long as they are helpful and make sense. You've been very helpful and I appreciate that in you, Paco! I'm from Formosa.
It's good and interesting to learn a foreign language from a non-stative point of view. I've found that, sometimes, learners prefer a native speaker's answer to a non-native's. I'm open to all opinions as long as they are helpful and make sense. You've been very helpful and I appreciate that in you, Paco! I'm from Formosa.
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Hello PASTEL
So you are a Taiwanese! My closest friend is also a Taiwanese, Wen-Tso. I met Wen Tso at UCB (Americans often call it University of China at Berkeley). He is now living in Singapore with his Japanese wife and working as a college professor .
Chao and good luck with your English study.
paco
So you are a Taiwanese! My closest friend is also a Taiwanese, Wen-Tso. I met Wen Tso at UCB (Americans often call it University of China at Berkeley). He is now living in Singapore with his Japanese wife and working as a college professor .
Chao and good luck with your English study.
paco
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What a coincidence![D]
O-hi-yo!
I don't have any Japanese friend but I have MANY friends who can speak Japanese rather well. I admire their talent for learning Japanese. I tried it once and I yielded to it in two weeks. I'd love to memorize a few useful and interesting stock phrases.
Nice chatting with you. And thanks for your encouragement.
Pastel
O-hi-yo!
I don't have any Japanese friend but I have MANY friends who can speak Japanese rather well. I admire their talent for learning Japanese. I tried it once and I yielded to it in two weeks. I'd love to memorize a few useful and interesting stock phrases.
Nice chatting with you. And thanks for your encouragement.
Pastel
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Hello Paco and Pastel
I hope you don't mind if I add a thought or two.
'Stomach upset' always has the air of a euphemism to me. {Tip} If you call in sick, and say you've got an 'upset stomach', no one will ask questions. Everyone knows it means something unpleasant at one end or the other.
I wonder whether the phrase began life as an advertiser's euphemism. It has a
I hope you don't mind if I add a thought or two.
'Stomach upset' always has the air of a euphemism to me. {Tip} If you call in sick, and say you've got an 'upset stomach', no one will ask questions. Everyone knows it means something unpleasant at one end or the other.
I wonder whether the phrase began life as an advertiser's euphemism. It has a
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How are you, MrP!
Your two cents' worth is pleasant, as always. I seldom hear people saying that they've got an "upset stomach" if they call in sick. We normally say we've caught a cold (sniffles) and no once would ask questions. They will be nicer the next day and ask you how you feel. Sometimes I feel guilty in consciousness because,actually, I had great fun yesterday. I was not sick.
Your two cents' worth is pleasant, as always. I seldom hear people saying that they've got an "upset stomach" if they call in sick. We normally say we've caught a cold (sniffles) and no once would ask questions. They will be nicer the next day and ask you how you feel. Sometimes I feel guilty in consciousness because,actually, I had great fun yesterday. I was not sick.
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Hello Pastel (or should I say 'Pastille', in your current state of health?)
I would take 'to call in/ sick' as a phrasal verb + complement. (You can't say 'in what did he call?', for instance.)
You 'call in' (report) and you're 'sick'. (But I see what you mean: 'I called the office in a state of sickness'. That would be a prepositional version.)
Your colleagues seem
I would take 'to call in/ sick' as a phrasal verb + complement. (You can't say 'in what did he call?', for instance.)
You 'call in' (report) and you're 'sick'. (But I see what you mean: 'I called the office in a state of sickness'. That would be a prepositional version.)
Your colleagues seem
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(cough) Thank you.(cough cough) I hope I am not passing you germs via EnglishForward. I think they have anti-virus. Y
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