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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Suffer

Can you say,

A car suffered minor damage.

Is it acceptable?
  

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Dear Michael Yes, that's fine A person can suffer, which means they feel pain or undergo hardship But the verb also works with almost any subject .. - During Christmas, my bank balance has suffered - Our company has suffered from the negative publicity - The town suffered badly during the bombing Regards, Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Dear Michael Yes, that's fine A person can suffer, which means they feel pain or undergo hardship But the verb also works with almost any subject ..
  • - During Christmas, my bank balance has suffered - Our company has suffered from the negative publicity - The town suffered badly during the bombing Regards, Dave
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Dear Michael

Yes, that's fine

A person can suffer, which means they feel pain or undergo hardship

But the verb also works with almost any subject ..

- During Christmas, my bank balance has suffered

- Our company has suffered from the negative publicity

- The town suffered badly during the bombing

Regards, Dave
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michaeltingA car suffered minor damage.
It's acceptable, but more likely is The car suffered minor damage. I imagine you're talking about a specific car.

If you were talking about a collision between cars and you wanted to single out one of them, you'd say One car suffered minor damage.

CJ
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