Suffer or suffer from
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Is there any difference between "suffer" and "suffer from"? Are they always interchangeable?
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Well, "suffer" can be intransitive of course, whereas "suffer from" needs an object. Looking at the transitive usage, no, they are not necessarily interchangeable. For example, if an annoying person is sitting next to you on the bus, you may have to "sit and suffer them", but you would not "sit and suffer from them".
- Well, "suffer" can be intransitive of course, whereas "suffer from" needs an object.
- Looking at the transitive usage, no, they are not necessarily interchangeable.
- For example, if an annoying person is sitting next to you on the bus, you may have to "sit and suffer them", but you would not "sit and suffer from them".
- Conversely, a person might taken to hospital "suffering from measles", but not "suffering measles".
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Well, "suffer" can be intransitive of course, whereas "suffer from" needs an object. Looking at the transitive usage, no, they are not necessarily interchangeable. For example, if an annoying person is sitting next to you on the bus, you may have to "sit and suffer them", but you would not "sit and suffer from them". Conversely, a person might taken to hospital "suffering from measles", but no
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